ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,361, issued on June 3.
"Shoulder rest for violin" was invented by Hyunhye Chang (Gunpo-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a shoulder rest for a violin. The shoulder rest for a violin includes: a chin rest member installed in the form of being placed on the top plate of a violin, and provided with a pair of first coupling screw rods formed on one side thereof; turnbuckles screwed into the first coupling screw rods; an installation rail configured such that a pair of second coupling screw rods are coupled to the remaining sides of the turnbuckles, respectively, and the installation rail is formed to conne...