US 12,272,340 B2
Guitar strap locking system
Mark Ranalli, Canton, GA (US); Todd Scala, Johns Creek, GA (US); and John Evans, Dunwoody, GA (US)
Filed by Mark Ranalli, Canton, GA (US); Todd Scala, Johns Creek, GA (US); and John Evans, Dunwoody, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/122,672.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/269,410, filed on Mar. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410771 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G10G 5/00 (2006.01); G10D 3/00 (2020.01)
CPC G10G 5/005 (2013.01) [G10D 3/00 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guitar strap locking system for a guitar having a guitar button having a knob and a stem and an associated guitar strap said guitar strap locking system comprising:
a primary body having a sidewall, a bottom and a top defining an internal cavity sufficiently sized to receive said knob of said guitar button;
a guitar button receiving channel carried by said primary body for receiving said guitar button;
said guitar button receiving channel having a proximate end and a distal end;
a locking mechanism carried by said primary body for locking said guitar button within said receiving channel;
a bias for manipulating the positioning of said locking mechanism with respect to said receiving channel;
said locking mechanism including a biased swing arm wherein said bias is capable of manipulating said locking mechanism into the receiving channel blocking the positioning of the guitar button from said proximate end of said guitar button receiving channel to the distal end of said guitar button receiving channel;
said locking mechanism being capable of being manipulated by the guitar button for overcoming said bias and positioning said locking mechanism in a manner wherein the passage to the distal end of said guitar button receiving channel is unblocked for the positioning of the guitar button at the distal end of said guitar button receiving channel;
said locking mechanism being capable of being biased by said bias wherein the locking mechanism returns to blocking the receiving channel preventing the positioning of the guitar bottom from said distal end to said proximate end thereby locking the guitar button in position within the receiving channel; and
said locking mechanism being capable of being manipulated by an external force for overcoming said bias and positioning said locking mechanism in a manner wherein the passage to the proximate end of said guitar button receiving channel is unblocked for the positioning of the guitar button from the distal end to the proximate end for subsequent removal from the receiving channel.