US 12,175,953 B2
String instrument
Teruyuki Takara, Uruma (JP)
Appl. No. 18/006,636
Filed by Teruyuki Takara, Uruma (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/041815
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/092327, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-192067 (JP), filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0298545 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G10D 3/12 (2020.01); G10D 1/08 (2006.01); G10D 3/04 (2020.01); G10D 3/06 (2020.01)
CPC G10D 3/12 (2013.01) [G10D 1/08 (2013.01); G10D 3/04 (2013.01); G10D 3/06 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A string instrument comprising:
a body portion that is constituted by a front panel, a back panel, and a side panel, and that forms a space for resonating;
a neck portion that is connected to the body portion;
a head portion that is connected to an end of the neck portion, and that comprises pegs;
strings that are extended across the neck portion, the strings being held at one end by the pegs;
a nut that is disposed at one end of the neck portion and that supports a middle portion of the strings; and
a bridge that is held on a saddle disposed near a middle of the front panel,
wherein the string instrument is characterized by comprising a string holding member that is disposed at an end of the front panel and that holds an end of the strings, and a body reinforcement member that has a joining surface which is adhered to the front panel, the back panel, and the side panel on an inside of the body portion, and
wherein an opposing surface of a string holding section of the string holding member has a joining surface which is fixed and adhered to the front panel, the side panel, and the body reinforcement member.