The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Helmut F Schaller, Feucht, DE;
Assignee:
Schaller Electronic, Feucht, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ; G10H / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84740 ; 84299 ; 84313 ;
Abstract
A vibrato tailpiece used with an electric guitar is operable to vary the tension of the strings about fundamental tension values and, for occasions when the string tension is so far relaxed as to permit the strings to move loosely relative to their supporting surfaces, the tailpiece includes guide means associated with each string to assure return of each string to its original position on its string supporting surface when it is returned to its fundamental tension. In this way possible de-tuning of the strings due to lateral displacement of them on their string supporting surfaces is avoided.