ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,381, issued on May 5.
"Switch lock apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Joshua John Misko (Decatur, Ga.) and Adam Samuel Mendel (Bend, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch lock apparatus for a guitar having a pickup selector switch is disclosed herein for locking a position of the pickup selector switch. The switch lock apparatus may include a body plate, a mounting hole, a switch opening defined in the body plate which is configured to receive the pickup selector switch. The switch lock apparatus may also include at least one first side receptacle positioned along the first switch opening side and at least one second ...