Cherie L Heinz

US Patent:

20050172785, Aug 11, 2005

Filed:

Jun 18, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/870433

Inventors:

Thomas Omstead - Freemont CA, US
William Messner - Mount Morris NY, US
Cherie Heinz - Pennsauken NJ, US

International Classification:

G10D001/00
B32B003/02
F16C019/00
A63J017/00

US Classification:

08446400R, 084001000

Abstract:

A musical instrument, such as a guitar, includes a transparent layer, an object formed in the transparent layer, a light source configured to transmit light into the transparent layer to illuminate the object, and a non-transparent layer over the transparent layer. The non-transparent layer is configured to inhibit the object from being seen through the non-transparent layer unless the light source is illuminated. A guitar may also include a neck and a body defining a sealed, hollow cavity that is fillable with a gas, a solid, a liquid, or a vacuum.