Patent ID: 7635809

Claim:
A cover for assembly with a preassembled stringed instrument having a top and a mount extending from the top, with the mount forming a component of the preassembled stringed instrument and having a base perimeter at a juncture of the mount and the top, and the preassembled stringed instrument further having pre-strung strings secured to the instrument at spaced portions of the strings, with adjacent sections of the pre-strung strings, which extend between the spaced portions thereof, extending over a portion of the top of the instrument to form a space between the top and the sections of the pre-strung strings, which comprises: a configured plastic sheet having a static cling property to facilitate direct removable static-cling securance of the sheet to at least a portion of the top between the top and the sections of the pre-strung strings of the preassembled stringed instrument; and the configured plastic sheet being formed with a prescribed thickness which facilitates movement of the sheet within the space between the top and the sections of the pre-strung strings, and direct placement of at least portions of the sheet about at least portions of the base perimeter of the mount, when the cover is removably static-cling secured with the top of the preassembled stringed instrument adjacent the mount.