Patent ID: 8203058
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A self aligning folding guitar, comprising: (a) a neck portion having a longitudinal axis; (b) a body portion; (c) a hinge mounted to said neck portion and said body portion; (d) a first alignment member secured to said neck portion; (e) a second alignment member secured to said body portion, said second alignment member mating with said first alignment member at a substantially fixed position, said first and second alignment members defining a tapered shape and a shape which mates with the tapered shape, so as to provide cooperating surfaces configured to contact each other at relative positions between said neck and body portions where said neck and body portions are not in hingedly moving alignment, and, as said neck and body portions are advanced toward each other, to guide said neck and body portions toward each other, whereby any misalignment in said hinge does not prevent said neck and body portions from being moved into properly aligned engagement with each other; and (f) a securement member for securing said first alignment member to said second alignment member, said securement member securing said first alignment member to said second alignment member by rotating about an axis extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the neck portion as said first alignment member is advanced toward and into contact with said second alignment member, wherein the rotation of the securement member being effective to cause the first alignment member to be drawn into mating contact with the second alignment member to lock said neck and body portions together.