| 摘要 |
A guard assembly for preventing accidental movement of the tuning adjustments for adjusting the tension of strings on an associated string instrument, the guard assembly which includes a bracket, the bracket being generally U-shaped and having spaced legs dimensioned and configured for gripping opposed surfaces of the head of an associated string instrument, the guard assembly further including first and second guard elements mounted on the bracket, each of the guard elements is generally sleeve shaped and dimensioned and configured to extend around a plurality of keys on the associated string instrument In some forms of the invention the spaced legs are each substantially planar and are disposed in mutually parallel relationship and the legs are joined by a portion of the bracket which is dimensioned and configured to provide means for elastic engagement of the spaced legs with opposed surfaces of Fe associated head of the associated string musical instrument. The guard assembly may be substantially entirely manufactured from a single piece of plastic. Some other forms of the invention may have at least a part of each of Me guard elements supported by a plastic hinge whereby the part is movable away from keys of the associated guitar. Each of the guard elements may be movable between a first position in which each of the guard elements is disposed in closely spaced relationship to associated tuning elements of the associated string musical instrument and a second position wherein me guard elements are positioned In more widely spaced relationship to the associated tuning elements of the associated string musical instrument. Other forms of the invention may include a discrete bracket, the bracket is generally U-shaped and has spaced legs dimensioned and configured for gripping opposed surfaces of the head of the associated string instrument, a guard member having integral first and second guard elements, each of the guard elements is generally sleeve shaped and dimensioned and configured to extend around a plurality of keys on the associated string instrument.
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