Patent Application
20210398513
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The disclosure relates to stringed instrument assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new stringed instrument assembly for eliminating a requirement to replace batteries.
The prior art relates to stringed instrument assemblies. Prior art stringed instrument assemblies may comprise contactless charging systems, batteries integral to signal plugs of signal cables, charging modules, and power storage modules.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a stringed instrument, which comprises an active pickup and which has a battery and a connector engaged thereto. The connector is operationally engaged to the battery, which is rechargeable. A power cord is selectively engageable to the connector and is configured to selectively engage an electrical circuit to operationally engage the battery to the electrical circuit. The power cord is configured to allow flow of electrical current from the electrical circuit to the battery to charge the battery.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The connector 18 is operationally engaged to the battery 16, which is rechargeable. The connector 18 may comprise a Universal Serial Bus port 20, as shown in
A power cord 24 is selectively engageable to the connector 18 and is configured to selectively engage an electrical circuit to operationally engage the battery 16 to the electrical circuit. The power cord 24 is configured to allow flow of electrical current from the electrical circuit to the battery 16 to charge the battery 16. The power cord 24 may comprise a cable 26, which has opposed ends 28. Each opposed end 28 has a Universal Serial Bus plug 30 engaged thereto.
The assembly 10 also may comprise an adapter 32, which is selectively engageable to the power cord 24. The adapter 32 is configured to selectively engage a source of alternating current and to convert alternating current to direct current. The present invention also anticipates the power cord 24 and the adapter 32 being fixedly engaged.
The assembly 10 also comprises a display 34, which is engaged to the stringed instrument 12 and which is operationally engaged to the battery 16. The display 34 is configured to indicate a charge level of the battery 16. The display 34 may comprise a bar graph 36, which is configured to selectively emit light of a variety of colors. Each color indicates an associated charge level of the battery 16. The present invention anticipates the display 34 comprising other indicating means, such as, but not limited to, indicating dials, bulbs emitting light of various colors, and the like.
The stringed instrument 12 may comprise a volume controller 38, a shaping controller 40, a tone controller 42, and an output jack 44, which are operationally engaged to the active pickup 14. The volume controller 38 is configured to control a volume of a signal sent by the active pickup 14. The shaping controller 40 is configured to shape the signal sent by the active pickup 14. The tone controller 42 is configured to adjust a tone of the signal sent by the active pickup 14. The output jack 44 is configured to selectively engage the stringed instrument 12 to an amplification device (not shown) and to relay the signal thereto.
In use, the assembly 10 is utilized as per prior art instruments having replaceable batteries. When recharging of the battery 16 is required, the power cord 24 is engaged to the connector 18 and the adapter 32. The adapter 32 then is plugged into an outlet to charge the battery 16.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
