Patent ID: 6573440
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A capo device for a stringed instrument comprising:a frame capable of extending about a fingerboard of a stringed instrument, said frame including an elongate main body, and also including a first arm being attached to said elongate main body, and further including a second arm also being attached to said elongate main body, said first and second arms being spaced apart and are essentially disposed perpendicular to said elongate main body, said first arm further including an opening being laterally extended through a medial portion of said first arm, said elongate main body being attached between a medial portion and an end of said second arm with said second arm having a handle portion extending from said end and terminating at where said elongate main body is attached thereto, said elongate main body also being attached at an end of said first arm; and a means for clamping strings to the fingerboard of the stringed instrument including a lever having a hole being laterally extended through a medial portion thereof, said elongate body member being disposed through said hole, and also including a drive member being disposed through said opening of said first arm and being biasedly urged against said lever, and further including a spring member being disposed about said drive member for urging said drive member against said lever handle portion extending from an end thereof an terminating at said hole for allowing a user to quickly clamp and unclamp said capo device about the fingerboard, said lever having a beveled depression disposed in a front side thereof with said front side facing said second arm, said beveled depression being disposed between said hole and another end of said lever, said lever also having a slot disposed in a back side thereof, said slot being disposed between said hole and said another end of said lever.