Patent ID: 11869461
Assignee: EQUILIBRIUM GUITARS LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 32:
33. A tuner for a guitar comprising a neck having a proximal end and a distal end, and a string nut mounted on the neck proximal to the distal end thereof and including a plurality of nut slots laterally spaced relative to each other, wherein each nut slot is configured to receive a respective guitar string, and the neck defines a neck face extending between the string nut and the distal end of the neck, the tuner comprising:
first means for seating the tuner thereon and fixedly securing the tuner to the neck face;
a body including a proximal end and a distal end;
second means mounted on the body adjacent to the proximal end thereof and spaced adjacent to a respective nut slot for engaging a guitar string passing through the respective nut slot and setting a break angle of the guitar string between the string nut and the second means;
third means for moving on the body on an opposite side of the second means relative to the string nut, and including fourth means for engaging the guitar string passing through the respective nut slot and engaged by the second means for securing the guitar string to the third means; and
fifth means mounted on the body on an opposite side of the third means relative to the second means for manually moving the third means either toward or away from the second means for adjusting the tension of and tuning the respective guitar string.