Patent ID: 8716581

Claim:
A method of providing for a musician convenient storage, visual accessibility, easy insertion, enhanced gripping, and easy removal of a single or a plurality of picks, comprising: (a) providing a close wound helical coil or coils each having a plurality of generally adjacent loops formed from a single elongated shape resilient element having a predetermined cross-sectional shape, and (b) providing two u-shaped arms contiguous with said coils and formed from said elongated element, and (c) providing rotational displacement of said u-shaped arms when said u-shaped arms are attached to a strap or cylindrical shape wherein said rotational displacement torsionally urges said helical coil, and (d) providing, as a result of said torsional urging, a gradient of separation displacement around the periphery and between said adjacent loops wherein said displacement changes from a maximum, in one portion of said loops, to zero displacement in portions of the periphery that are diametrically opposite said maximum displacement, and (e) providing reduced urging force between said adjacent loops in portions where said displacement is maximum thereby increasing insertion ease of said picks between said adjacent loops, and (f) providing increased compressive urging between said adjacent loops in portions where said displacement is zero wherein said picks are more strongly gripped for storage, whereby attachment to a strap or cylindrical object using said u-shaped arms provides rotational torque means to predictably redistribute compression forces around the periphery of said adjacent loops of said helical coil providing insertion ease of said picks in one portion and enhanced gripping of said picks in another portion of said helical coil or coils.