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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Abraham J Wechter, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Norlin Industries, Inc., Lincolnwood, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84298 ; 84307 ; 8431 / ;
Abstract
A guitar or other fretted stringed musical instrument includes intonation adjustment means comprising an aperture underlying a string at the instrument's bridge and a saddle rotatably received within the aperture. The saddle carries a string supporting surface operable in a cam-like manner for adjusting the vibrating length of the string in response to rotation of the saddle within the aperture.