Van Halen strap
2019-05-01 22:56:51.278376+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Hey, this patent expired today! You are now free to build straps which allow you to play your "guitars, banjos, mandolins and the like" in this manner. (Although as others have pointed out, the patent should have been invalidated because this picture does not depict the stripes.)
The patent is https://patents.google.com/patent/US4656917
Via https://twitter.com/playazball/status/601449638504177664
