Stringed instrument harness

Claim 2

An adjustable harness with a neck retaining strap attached thereto for holding a stringed musical instrument having a sounding board, radiused middle recess and a fret handle at one end comprising: (a) A rectangular fixed retainer positioned on said fret handle end of said instrument to which a top hook receptacle is attached and at least four flexible straps secured in the proximity of the corners of the fixed retainer; (b) A plurality of semirigid rectangular crossover positioning members containing at least four geometrically related slots through which said flexible straps are slideably positioned in crisscross fashion; (c) A rectangular connecting retainer having attached thereto a bottom hook receptacle and at least four adjustable connectors to receive and retain said straps; (d) Whereby said harness is formed by the straps extending from said fixed retainer located on said musical instrument along the sounding board and bottom surface of the instrument from said fixed retainer and crossing over through said crossover positioning members at the radiused middle recess of the instrument and proceding on the opposite side of the instrument to said connecting retainer; whereby the instrument is retained by the harness; and (e) An adjustable neck strap connected on one end to said top hook receptacle of the rectangular fixed retainer and on the other end to said bottom hook receptacle of the connecting retainer to position the instrument on one's person.

Claim 3

The invention as recited in claim 1 further comprising: a middle hook receptacle attached to a slideable positioning member near its outside edge.

Claim 4

The invention according to claim 1 further comprising: said neck strap connected to said middle hook receptacle on said crossover positioning member to provide a loop to be directed around one's neck to hold said instrument.

Claim 5

An adjustable harness with a neck retaining strap attached thereto for holding a stringed musical instrument having a sounding board, radiused middle recess and a fret handle at one end comprising: (a) A rectangular connecting retainer to which a bottom hook receptable is attached and at least two flexible straps secured in the proximity of two first adjacent corners and two adjustable connectors in the second adjacent corners; (b) A plurality of slideable positioning members containing at least four related slots through which said flexible straps are slideably positioned; (c) A rectangular slideable retainer having attached thereto a top hook receptable and four slots to receive and retain said straps in criss-cross fashion; (d) Whereby said connecting retainer is positioned on the bottom end of said musical instrument with each strap positioned on the sounding board and bottom surface of the instrument and extending from said connecting retainer through said slideable positioning members at the radiused middle recess of the instrument and proceeding to said rectangular slideable retainer; crossing over and continuing in like manner terminating at said adjustable retainers whereby the instrument is retained by the harness; and (e) An adjustable neck strap connected on one end to said top hook receptacle of the rectangular slideable retainer and on the other end to said bottom hook receptacle of the connecting retainer to position the instrument on one's person.

Claim 6

An adjustable harness with a neck retaining strap attached thereto for holding a stringed musical instrument having a sounding board, radiused middle recess and a fret handle at one end comprising: (a) A rectangular connecting retainer to which a bottom hook receptable is attached and at least two flexible straps secured in the proximity of two first adjacent corners and two adjustable connectors in the second adjacent corners; (b) A plurality of slideable positioning members containing at least four related slots through which said flexible straps are slideably positioned; (c) A rectangular slideable retainer having attached thereto a top hook receptable and four slots to receive and retain said straps in criss-cross fashion; (d) Whereby said connecting retainer is positioned on the bottom end of said musical instrument with each strap positioned on the sounding board and bottom surface of the instrument and extending from said connecting retainer through said slideable positioning members at the radiused middle recess of the instrument and proceeding to said rectangular slideable retainer; crossing over and continuing in like manner terminating at said adjustable retainers whereby the instrument is retained by the harness; and (e) An adjustable neck strap connected on one end to said top hook receptacle of the rectangular slideable retainer and on the other end to said bottom hook receptacle of the connecting retainer to position the instrument on one's person.

Claim 7

The invention as recited in claim 4 further comprising: a dee ring attached to one of the slideable positioning members.

Claim 8

The invention according to claim 4 further comprising: a single loop neck strap connected to said dee ring on said slideable positioning member to provide a loop to be directed around one's neck to hold said instrument.