Category: Patents Rock

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 1,038,662 Filed: 26 March 1912 In the name of: Michael J Ryan Title: Music-sheet Turner What’s claimed: “In a music sheet turner, the combination with a music sheet support of two vertically disposed rock shafts one within the other, gears at the lower end of said shafts, arms pivoted adjacent to said gears and provided with segmental gears engaging said first named gears, reciprocating armature bars which engage said arms and means for reciprocating said bars to rotate said rock shafts in either direction”. Why this patent rocks: It relates to a device that helps turn pages of sheet music. […]

Figure 9 of the patent is “a plan view of the guitar’s neck depicting the preferred neck width specifications”. Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 5,113,737 Filed: 31 December 1990 In the name of: Alex Grerory Title: Seven Stringed Electric Guitar What’s claimed: “A neck for use in a seven-string guitar, said neck having a scale length of 25 1/2 inch, a nut and 24 frets mounted thereon, said neck having a width of substantially 1 7/8 inch at said nut and a width of 2 21/32 inch at a 24th fret from said nut.” Why this patent rocks: This rockin’ patent relates to a seven stringed electric guitar, […]

Rockin’ Patent Application: GB Patent Application No. 0101400.0 Priority Date: 20 January 2000 In the name of: Amina Technologies Title: Combined Loudspeaker and Display Panel What’s claimed: “Display apparatus comprising: a flat panel loudspeaker comprising an acoustic radiator and a transducer positioned to excite bending waves in the acoustic radiator in order to radiate sound; and a visual display board for displaying graphic information, (e.g. text or a picture); wherein the visual display board is, in use, positioned in front of the acoustic radiator, thereby shielding it from view when the visual display board is being viewed.” Why this patent rocks: This rockin’ patent application relates to a […]

Rockin’ Registered Design: EU Registered Design No. 003120294-0001 Filed: 10 May 2016 In the name of: Akoustic Arts Indication of Product: Speaker Boxes Why this registered design rocks: This registered design relates to the visual appearance of a speaker box. The design appears to relate to Akoustic Arts’ uni-directional “A” speaker – see here. Various different views of the speaker box are shown at the link above. If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for patent help, get in touch with Russell IP here! The information above is for general interest and information only and does not constitute legal advice.

Rockin’ Registered Design: EU Registered Design No. 002234419-0001 Filed: 8 May 2013 In the name of: PromAction B.V. Indication of Product: Clothing accessories, maracas Why this registered design rocks: This registered design appears to relate to a pair of maracas that can be worn on the wrists/forearms of a player. Note the use of dotted lines to illustrate the player. Dotted lines can be used to suggest the context of a registered design, while not forming a claimed part of the registered design themselves. If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for patent help, get in touch with Russell IP here! The information above is for general interest and information only […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 9,351,065 Priority Date: 27 January 2014 In the name of: Ningbo Freewings Technologies Co. Title: Loudspeaker Enclosure System Having Detachable Wireless Headphones and Control Method Thereof What’s claimed: “A loudspeaker enclosure system having detachable wireless headphones, comprising a loudspeaker enclosure, wherein the loudspeaker enclosure comprises an audio signal input interface, a second audio power amplifier, and loudspeakers, and further comprising wireless headphones, wherein the wireless headphones comprise a wireless receiving module, a first controller, a first audio power amplifier, a first audio switch, wireless headphone speakers, a filter and voltage regulating circuit, and a first connector, wherein the wireless receiving module, the […]

Figure 1 of this design patent (see above) is “a perspective view of a headphone amplifier” Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D768,955 Filed: 22 January 2015 In the name of: Gibson Brands Inc. Title: Headphone Amplifier What’s Claimed: “The ornamental design for a headphone amplifier, as shown and described.” Why this (design) patent rocks: Unlike utility patents, design patents (also called “registered designs”) protect the way all or part of a product looks rather than how it works. This is why the claim here refers to the “ornamental design” for the headphone amplifier“as shown”. This design patent seems to relate to Neat Microphones’ Beehive […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 9,138,178 Priority Date: 5 August 2010 In the name of: ACE Communications Limited Title: Method and System for Self-Managed Sound Enhancement What’s claimed: “A system for enhancing an individual’s hearing experience comprising: a component for capturing and storing audio hearing characteristics of the individual, including a minimum audible loudness level and a threshold uncomfortable loudness level for at least one audiometric frequency; a component for analyzing the individual’s audio hearing characteristics to generate an individualized audiological profile; a component for storing the individualized audiological profile; a component for accessing said audiological profile from said storing component; a component for determining from […]

Rockin’ (Design) Patent: US Design Patent No. D745,494 S Filed: 29 December 2014 In the name of: Gibson Brands Inc. Title: Microphone What’s Claimed: “The ornamental design for a microphone, as shown and described.” Why this (design) patent rocks: Unlike utility patents, design patents (also called “registered designs”) protect the way all or part of a product looks rather than how it works. This is why the claim here refers to the “ornamental design” for the microphone “as shown”. This design patent seems to relate to Neat Microphones’ Beecaster product. If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for patent help, get in touch with Russell IP […]

Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 8,735,703 Filed: 21 May 2010 In the name of: Dion Dublin Title: Percussion Instrument What’s claimed: “A percussion instrument in the form of a drum being a parallelepiped in shape and, further comprising four live striking faces, and two dead faces, which are not for striking, wherein each striking face has a different percussive property and wherein the striking face and the dead faces together comprise substantially the entire outer surface area of the percussion instrument.” Why this patent rocks: the inventor is the famous English football (soccer) player Dion Dublin. If you’re a patent-savvy music tech business looking for patent […]