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Locking device for tremolo systems for stringed instruments

US5986192A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 9, 1998
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10D3/153
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A tremolo locking device for an electric guitar or similar stringed instrument has a lower part that is fastened to the guitar body and an upper part that can be pivoted by use of the guitarist's fingers into or out of engagement with an edge of the tremolo base plate. The upper part can have a threaded barrel member into which a knurled screw is adjustable to establish a gap or recess that engages the base plate.

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