Patent ID: 7256337

Claim:
A one piece integrally formed guitar string pick for engaging, retaining and confining a guitar shoulder strap upon an anchor post affixed to the guitar, comprising: a body member formed into a tapered shape having a wide end gently and outwardly rounded and incorporating a clasping means, having gentle tapering side curves continuing to the narrowest pointed end, having a formed channel with the deepest portion of said channel toward the wide end; and a tapered point at the narrowest end of said body member suitable for picking guitar strings; and a channel in said body member and in said clasping means offset toward the wide end of said body member being shallow toward the narrow end and with sufficient depth adjacent to the wide end of said body member to securely accommodate the diameter and the depth of the anchor post head affixed to the stringed instrument; and a clasp arm assembly being a continuous strip with two ends and the center and widest portion formed as a part of the outer portion of the widest end of said body member with the center portion continuing the channel of said body member, each end terminating to form two tapering flexible arms both extending toward the narrow end of said body member, the center portion being the highest portion of said body member and following the tapered outer curves of said body member, the inner edge of the continuous strip forming a central anchor post opening with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the outer portion of the anchor post to accommodate the smallest diameter of the anchor post affixed to the stringed instrument with sufficient depth to accommodate the shoulder strap mounted on the anchor post; and a pinch point opening formed by the two tapering flexible arms of said clasp arm assembly being smaller than the smallest diameter of the anchor post affixed to the stringed instrument; and an anchor post bolt affixing the anchor post to the stringed instrument wherein the top end of said anchor post bolt has an internally threaded sleeve contained within and flush with the top of the anchor post head.