US 4,230,014 AGranted

Securement of guitar bridge to guitar body

AssigneeHoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.

InventorYoshihiro Hoshino

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

A guitar bridge including a main body having adjustable support plates over which the guitar strings pass under tension. The main body of the guitar bridge is secured to an installation block which is, in turn, secured to the body of the guitar. The securement of the main body of the guitar bridge to the installation block is by way of an installation screw which is screwed into the support stand inside the body of the guitar. The upper end of the installation screw is domed and the receiving opening for the installation screw in the main body of the guitar bridge is correspondingly domed. A screw threaded extension up from the domed end of the installation screw is received by a tightening nut near the top of the guitar bridge and tightening of that nut on the extension of the installation screw tightens the installation screw into the domed opening in the guitar bridge main body.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A guitar bridge, comprising:

a main body;
a support for each guitar string at the top of said main body;
two vertically extending support holes defined in said main body, each for receiving a respective guitar bridge tightening shaft;
a said respective guitar bridge tightening shaft at each said support hole for securing said bridge to a body of a guitar;
each said shaft having an upwardly facing top end;
each said support hole in said main body having a downwardly facing top end portion inside said main body and which is profiled for engaging said shaft top end, and said bridge and said shaft being held securely together with engagement between said shaft top end and said main body top end portion;
additional shaft securement means connecting said shaft and said main body for securing said shaft top end and said support hole top and portion together;
said tightening shaft including attaching means for attaching said tightening shaft to a guitar body.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.