Patent ID: 8952230
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. An attachment mechanism for selective attachment of a stringed instrument neck to a stringed instrument body, comprising: a recess formed in the stringed instrument body including a forward stop surface, upper and lower neck capturing surfaces, and side walls, the recess further including a first part of a latch mechanism fixed rearward of the forward stop surface; and the stringed instrument neck having a capture block at a forward end thereof adapted to fit snugly between the upper and lower neck capturing surfaces and side walls of the recess, a forward wall of the capture block abutting the forward stop surface of the recess when the stringed instrument neck is in an locked position with the stringed instrument body, the capture block further including a second part of the latch mechanism fixed rearward of the forward wall of the capture block; the first part of the latch mechanism including a latch hook projecting upward out of the recess and having a sloped upper surface and a lip, the latch hook being biased into a forward position with a spring, the second part of the latch mechanism including an aperture in the capture block and including a cooperative latch ledge therein, the latch hook having an actuator fixed therewith for manually moving the latch hook away from the forward position against the spring into a rearward position; whereby with the stringed instrument neck seated in the recess of the stringed instrument body with the forward wall partially contacting the forward stop surface, the neck may be pressed down until the sloped surface contacts the second part of the latch mechanism to move the latch hook away from the forward position to the rearward position until the latch hook lip clears the latch ledge, the spring thereafter forcing the latch hook back into the forward position to lock the stringed instrument neck into the stringed instrument body into the locked position.