Patent ID: 8119894

Claim:
A shoulder rest for supporting a stringed instrument comprising a) an attachment piece adapted to secure said shoulder rest to a tail-pin of said stringed instrument; b) an abutment piece, extending from said attachment piece, adapted to provide support to said stringed instrument once rested onto said shoulder rest; said attachment piece is coupled to said abutment piece in a L-shaped support configuration to provide an area for contact between said stringed instrument and said shoulder rest to support said stringed instrument; and c) a padding piece, connecting to said abutment piece, adapted to rest on and conform to the contour of a shoulder of a user, and simultaneously contact the shoulder and the clavicle of said user during usage; wherein said attachment piece is adapted to clip onto an end button of said stringed instrument such that the contact surface between said stringed instrument and said shoulder rest is juxtaposing a bottom block of said stringed instrument.