Stringed musical instrument
United States Patent D587295
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Inventors:
Meeks, Timothy E. (Havre de Grace, MD, US)
Application Number:
D/293264
Publication Date:
02/24/2009
Filing Date:
11/13/2007
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Assignee:
Marcodi Musical Products, LLC (Havre de Grace, MD, US)
Primary Class:
International Classes:
(IPC1-7): 1703
Field of Search:
84/267, D17/14, 84/274, D17/17-20, 84/268, 84/284, 84/275, 84/173, 84/9, 84/285, 84/314, 84/7, 84/290-293
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Primary Examiner:
Simmons, Ian
Assistant Examiner:
Johnson R.
Claims:
CLAIM

1. The ornamental design for a stringed musical instrument, as shown and described.

Description:

This application is related to Application Ser. No. 11/737,377, filed Apr. 19, 2007, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, entitled “Stringed Musical Instrument With Improved Method and Apparatus for Tuning and Signal Processing” by Timothy E. Meeks, and to design patent applications Ser. Nos. 29/293,256 and 29/293,255, respectively, both by Timothy E. Meeks and both filed even date herewith on Nov. 13, 2007.

FIG. 1 is a front, bottom and right side perspective view of a stringed musical instrument showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines show in FIGS. 1, 2 , 4 , 5 , and 7 are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental elements and form no part of the claimed design.