ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,266,328, issued on April 1, was assigned to Robert Kuhnl (Baiersdorf, Germany).
"Instrument support" was invented by Andreas Hartl (Baiersdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument support for a guitar including a bridge for resting on a leg of a person, the bridge lying in an x-z plane, wherein at the opposite ends of the bridge with respect to a direction x a first holder and a second holder are respectively provided for receiving a guitar, the first holder having a first holding member and a second holding member for holding a guitar, the holding members each having a nominal bearing surface with a normal, against whic...