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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:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip Kubicki, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Ronald O Browne, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Collins Kubicki, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84304 ; 84306 ;
Abstract
A standard guitar or bass guitar, and method, in which a combination worm wheel and ratchet wheel is combined with a combination worm element and pawl element. The result is highly efficient coarse tuning and fine tuning of a guitar string. In accordance with another invention, an adjustable saddle mechanism is provided for a guitar string. It comprises upper and lower saddle elements. A compound lever system is provided to lock the saddle elements in any one of an infinite number of positions.