Patent ID: 8119892

Claim:
A folding guitar, comprising: (a) a guitar body; (b) a guitar neck; (c) a hinge connecting said guitar body to said guitar neck, said hinge being disposed on one side of said guitar body and guitar neck; (d) a latch plate secured to the other side of one of said guitar body or guitar neck; (e) a catch member secured to the other side of the other one of said guitar body or guitar neck, said catch member defining a catch member catch surface; (f) a latch arm pivotally mounted to said latch plate; (g) a hitch arm pivotally mounted to said latch arm; and (h) a securement member mounted on said hitch arm, said securement member configured to engage said catch member catch surface, said latch arm, hitch arm and latch plate being configured to vary the distance between said securement member and said catch member catch surface.