Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1998-12-23
2000-01-18
Nappi, Robert E.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
G10D 300
Patent
active
060159456
ABSTRACT:
A bearing system for a floating bridge tremolo device where a bearing surface carried by the guitar and a rocker surface carried by the bridge cooperate to provide a smooth rolling action, the intersection of the bearing and rocker surfaces with an imaginary plane through a point of contact between the surfaces yielding a straight line in the case of the bearing surface and a smooth continuous curve in the case of the rocker surface, this configuration giving the result that resistance to rocking is minimized.
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Hipshot Products, Inc.
Hsieh Shih-yung
Nappi Robert E.
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