Music – Instruments – Stringed
Reexamination Certificate
2008-12-17
2011-11-15
Lockett, Kimberly R (Department: 2832)
Music
Instruments
Stringed
Reexamination Certificate
active
08058540
ABSTRACT:
A guitar strap10includes an adjuster13by which the length of a second belt section17is adjusted. The adjuster13includes a base31, a lever32manipulated to adjust the length of the second belt section17, and a torsion spring38urging the lever32to pivot in a first direction. The second belt section17is clamped by the base31and the lever32due to urging force of the torsion spring38. The second belt section17is released from a state clamped by the base31and the lever32by pivoting the lever32in a second direction, which is different from the first direction, against the urging force of the torsion spring38.
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Official Action issued in counterpart Japanese Application No. 2008-250934 dated Sep. 21, 2010 with English translation.
Japanese Decision to Grant a Patent dated Jun. 14, 2011 in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-250934 (Japanese language).
English translation of the Japanese Decision to Grant a Patent dated Jun. 14, 2011 in corresponding Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-250934.
Furuta Hajime
Naganawa Yuko
Hoshino Gakki Co. Ltd.
Lockett Kimberly R
Ostrolenk Faber LLP
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