Patent ID: 7375267

Claim:
A string instrument including two portions being a body and a neck and having a plurality of strings extendable between the neck and the body; and a detachment assembly for detaching the neck from the body, wherein said detachment assembly includes a clamping member attached to a first portion of the two portions and engageable with a retainer member attached to a second portion of the two portions, said clamping member includes a positioning portion and a clamping arm, said clamping arm is actuated by a pivotally connected lever and positioned to be substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the first portion when clamping, and said lever is connected by an offset pivot linkage to the first portion; wherein in use the retainer member engages the positioning portion and pivots about the positioning portion enabling the clamping arm to engage and clamp the retainer member with actuation of the lever thereby locking the two portions together to assemble the instrument and the clamping force produced from the assembled instrument is substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the neck and body.