Patent ID: 7973227

Claim:
A capo for use with a stringed musical instrument having a neck including a fretboard and a plurality of strings extending parallel to one another above said fretboard, said capo comprising yoke assembly and a slide assembly which is adjustably movable relative to said yoke assembly; said yoke assembly comprising a substantially U-shaped yoke, a clamping bar which is pivotally attached to said yoke, and an engagement/release member which is operatively attached to said yoke, and said slide assembly comprising a saddle member and an adjustment member which is operatively attached to said saddle member; said engagement/release member having an engaging section for engaging a shaft of the adjustment member; said yoke comprising a central support member, a first yoke branch extending outwardly on one side of said support member, and a second yoke branch extending outwardly on the other side of said support member; said first yoke branch terminating at a first yoke branch end having a bent portion, said second yoke branch terminating at a free branch end having a notch formed therein; said clamping bar having a first end and a second end, said first end of the clamping bar being pivotally connected with said first yoke branch end, and said second end of the clamping bar being operatively engagable with the notch of the second yoke branch for temporarily and releasably locking said clamping bar onto said second yoke branch end; wherein said saddle member is substantially Y-shaped and comprises a central stem and a seat portion integrally attached to an end of said stem for placement contacting a portion of said neck opposite said fretboard; wherein the slide assembly can be slidably moved relative to the yoke assembly in a coarse tightening adjustment, and wherein a handle portion of the adjustment member can be selectively rotated to make a fine tightening adjustment of the slide assembly.