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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2006
Dong Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyung Bae Park, Seoul, KR;
James Richard Rosenberg, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Richard Taylor Akers, Nashville, TN (US);
Dong Jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyung Bae Park, Seoul, KR;
James Richard Rosenberg, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Richard Taylor Akers, Nashville, TN (US);
Gibson Guitar Corp., Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
Included herein is an instrument component for mounting to the body of an instrument having strings, for example a guitar. The instrument component comprises a plurality of attachment devices, an elongated bracket, and a biasing element. The elongated bracket includes a plurality of attachment apertures where each aperture includes a center and is shaped to accept one of the attachment devices. A biasing element is positioned in each attachment aperture wherein each biasing element engages one of the attachment devices. Each biasing element includes a plurality of protrusions wherein each protrusion biases the attachment device toward the center of the attachment aperture.