US Patent Issued to JIM MELHART PIANO AND ORGAN on May 26 for "Folding marimba having reduced length" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,125, issued on May 26, was assigned to JIM MELHART PIANO AND ORGAN COMPANY (McAllen, Texas).

"Folding marimba having reduced length" was invented by Jimmie Ray Melhart (McAllen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding marimba may include a first set of spaced apart rails: a first set of tone bars suspended from the first set of spaced apart rails; a second set of spaced apart rails; a second set of tone bars suspended from the second set of spaced apart rails; a third set of spaced apart rails; a third set of tone bars suspended from the third set of spaced apart rails; a fourth set of spaced apart rails; and a fourth set of to...