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Year: 2004
Novel ergonomic guitar body design incorporating an angled waist on the treble side of the roundback bowl and a contoured ridge along the bass side. The angled waist facilitates ergonomic support on the performer leg and allows correct playing position on either leg. The contoured ridge with a concave portion stabilizes the guitar and prevents rocking when held in seated or standing positions.
Year: 2004
Ergonomic roundback guitar body design featuring an angled waist on the treble side and a contoured ridge on the bass side of the bowl, improving player comfort by preventing rotation on the leg when seated and reducing rocking when standing. Filed by Kaman Music Corporation with priority date July 31, 2003.
Year: 1981
This is a design patent for the ornamental appearance of a guitar, filed by Charles H. Kaman of Prattling Pond Rd., Farmington, Connecticut. The patent shows multiple views (front, side, rear, left, and bottom) of a guitar design, featuring what appears to be an acoustic guitar with a distinctive body shape and detailed decorative elements including a rosette around the sound hole and fretboard inlays.
Year: 1981
This is a U.S. design patent for the ornamental design of a guitar bowl, showing multiple perspective views including front, top, right side, rear, left side, and bottom views. The patent was filed by Charles H. Kaman of Farmington, Connecticut and issued on July 5, 1983 with a 14-year term.
Year: 1980
This United States design patent, granted to James H. Rickard and assigned to Ovation Instruments, Inc. of New Hartford, Connecticut, covers the ornamental design of an electric guitar body. The patent was filed on January 19, 1977 and issued on February 5, 1980, with a term of 14 years. The design features a distinctive asymmetric body shape with a recessed front face accommodating pickups, controls, and a tremolo system, illustrated through seven figures including front, rear, top, bottom, and side elevational views.
Year: 1974
This United States design patent covers the ornamental appearance of a guitar body assigned to Ovation Instruments, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut. The patent includes seven figures depicting perspective, top plan, bottom plan, right side elevational, left side elevational, and two end elevational views of the distinctively shaped guitar body. The design features an asymmetric, contoured body shape with curved cutaways and a unique overall silhouette characteristic of Ovation's electric guitar aesthetic.
Year: 1968
This United States design patent covers the ornamental design of a guitar body or similar article, invented by Charles H. Kaman of Simsbury, Connecticut, and assigned to Kaman Aircraft Corporation. The design features a distinctive rounded, bowl-shaped back made in a single curved form, representing a departure from traditional flat-back guitar construction. The patent includes multiple views including front plan, side, rear, cross-sectional, and perspective drawings to fully illustrate the novel shape.
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