Patent ID: 7786362
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A musician's pick comprising: a pick body including a gripping portion lying generally within a grip plane and adapted to be gripped between the thumb and forefinger of a musician with the grip plane being generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the musician's thumb; a pick portion extending outwardly from the gripping portion and terminating in an outer extent which defines a pick plane, the pick portion having a predetermined length which is adapted to engage an instrument string at a predetermined depth when the gripping portion is gripped between the musician's thumb and forefinger; and, wherein the outer extent of the pick portion of the pick body is angled downwardly with respect to the gripping portion of the pick body, the outer extent of the pick portion of the pick body forming a downwardly curved lip which forms a negative angle with respect to the grip plane, such that the pick plane is angularly inclined at a negative angle greater than about 30° with respect to the gripping plane, thereby enabling orientation of the pick portion of the pick body at a near right angle relative to the plane of a string being struck while maintaining a near parallel orientation between the longitudinal axis of the musician's thumb and the string.