US 11,694,662 B2
Manual pulling instrument
Srdjan Vukasinovic, Winterthur (CH)
Assigned to CARBONEON GMBH, Winterthur (CH)
Filed by Carboneon GmbH, Winterthur (CH)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/552,776.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 216 588.2 (DE), filed on Dec. 29, 2020; and application No. 21190425 (EP), filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0208152 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G10D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC G10D 11/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manual pulling instrument; comprising:
a first housing part comprising operating elements which are configured to be operated by a player of the manual pulling instrument with one hand;
a second housing part; and
a bellows by which the first housing part and the second housing part are movably connected to each other;
wherein the operating elements occupy a spatial area extending in a curved surface, wherein the curved surface has a convex curvature and a concave curvature with respect to the first housing part.
 
16. A manual pulling instrument comprising:
a first housing part comprising operating elements with a planar surface which are configured to be operated by a player of the manual pulling instrument with the fingers of one hand pressing the planar surfaces;
a second housing part; and
a bellows by which the first housing part and the second housing part are movably connected to each other;
wherein the planar surfaces of the operating elements occupy a spatial area extending in a curved surface,
wherein the curved surface has a convex curvature or a concave curvature with respect to the first housing part.