Patents

Patents

Lists of U.S. patents granted to Emmett Chapman, Stick Enterprises Inc.

Description
“Railboard”® integral neck, fingerboard and “Rail” frets cut from one metal piece.
“Divided Truss Rod”™, a “4-way”™ system in a single rod.
“Flaps”™ Nut assembly for stringed musical instrument.
Disengageable string damper for a musical instrument (Ned Steinberger co-inventor).
“Rails”® fret system for stringed musical instruments.
“The Block”® Compartmentalized pickup module for stringed musical instruments.
Adjustable bridge for a stringed musical instrument.
Stringless fingerboard synthesizer controller.
Pressure transducer for musical instrument control.
Rear-access trussed neck construction for stringed musical instruments.
Layered Voice musical self-accompaniment system.
Musical timbre modification method.
“Rods”™ fret system for stringed musical instruments.
Melody 4ths with reversed bass 5ths tuning.
Belt hook and shoulder strap means of supporting stringed instrument, melody 4ths with reversed bass 5ths tuning.