US 7,671,261 C1 (12,900th)
Musical instrument carrier and related methods
Katsuhiro Momose, Chiba (JP)
Filed by Katsuhiro Momose, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to PEARL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CO., Chiba (JP)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,424, Feb. 20, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,671,261, issued Mar. 2, 2010, Appl. No. 12/343,913, Dec. 24, 2008.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Apr. 16, 2025.
Int. Cl. G10D 13/02 (2020.01); G10G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10G 5/005 (2013.01)
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-20 and 23 is confirmed.
Claims 21-22 are cancelled.
1. A body-supportable musical-instrument carrier, comprising:
a rigid tubular frame comprising a substantially U-shaped intermediate section and first and second end sections at opposite ends of the substantially U-shaped intermediate section, the substantially U-shaped intermediate section substantially conforming to shoulder and upper back regions of a user for resting on the shoulder regions and extending across the upper back region of the user in use, the first and second end sections extending downward substantially parallel to one another for resting in front of a front torso region, including along an abdomen region, of the user in use;
a belly plate;
first mounting members mountable on the belly plate and engageable with the first and second end sections, respectively, of the rigid tubular frame for securing the belly plate to the rigid tubular frame; and
second mounting members mountable on the belly plate and engageable with a musical instrument for securing the musical instrument to the body-supportable musical-instrument carrier.