Patent Publication Number: US-9899011-B2

Title: Guitar support assembly

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Field of the Disclosure 
     The disclosure relates to support devices for guitars and other string instruments and more particularly pertains to a new guitar support assembly that engages the handle of an amplifier, receives the neck of a guitar and retains the guitar in vertical orientation. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a body that has an upper surface and a lower surface. The body is bound by a perimeter edge that has a front side, a rear side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The front side has a notch that is configured for receiving a neck of a guitar. A tab is attached to the rear side and extends away therefrom. The tab is spaced from each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side. The body is positioned on the amplifier such that the notch receives the neck of a guitar and retains the guitar in vertical orientation. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front isometric view of a guitar support assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new guitar support assembly embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the guitar support assembly  10  generally comprises a body  12  has an upper surface  14  and a lower surface  16 . The body  12  has a perimeter edge  18  that has a front side  20 , a rear side  22 , a first lateral side  24  and a second lateral side  26 . The front side has a notch  28  that has an inner side  30  and a pair of side sides  32  tapering outwardly from the inner side  30  to the front side  20 . The notch  28  in the front side  20  configured for receiving a neck of a guitar. The upper  14  and lower  16  surfaces of the body  12  are planar. The first  24  and second  26  lateral sides taper toward each other from the rear side  22  to the front side  20 . The body  12  is made of an elastomeric material such as rubber or some forms of plastic, and can be rigid or semi-rigid. A tab  34  is attached to the rear side  22  and extends away from the rear side  22 . The tab  34  is spaced from each of the first lateral side  24  and the second lateral side  26 . The tab  34  is co-planar with the body  12  and it engages a handle of an amplifier. Thus, the tab  34  is retained between the handle and the amplifier. 
     A recess  36  extends downwards into the upper surface  14  of the body  12 . The recess  36  is positioned close to the first lateral side  24  and is configured to receive a beverage container. The recess  36  has a bounding surface  38  that is continuous and may be cylindrical in shape. The bounding surface  38  of the recess  36  may be lined with hygroscopic material. The bounding surface  38  has a surface area of at least 10 inches. A plurality of slots  40  is organized in a straight line on the upper surface  14  of the body  12 . Each of the slots  40  can receive a guitar pick and this row of slots  40  is positioned close to the second lateral side  26 . 
     A medial break line  42  divides the body  12  into a first section  44  and a second section  46 . This line  42  defines a pair of mating sides  48  positioned adjacent to each other. The first  44  and second  46  sections are pivotally joined at the mating sides  48 . The body  12  is foldable along the medial break line  42 . A flexible joint  50  is attached to the first  44  and second  46  sections and pivotally couple the first section  44  and the second section  46  together. The flexible joint  50  is positioned on the bottom surface  16 . 
     In use, the guitar support assembly  10  has a tab  34  that engages a handle of an amplifier. The tab  34  is designed to be secured in position between the handle of an amplifier and the amplifier box. The notch  28  receives the neck of a guitar. The guitar is retained in a vertical position between the inner side  30  and the pair of side sides  32  of the notch  28 . 
     A guitar support assembly according to claim  1 , wherein said upper and lower surfaces being affixed or embossed with marketing and promotional material including logos, pictures, band names, studio names, club names, venue names or vendor names. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.