Patent ID: 9502011
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G10D

Claim Text:
1. A string bender for use with a stringed instrument comprising a mounting arrangement to couple the string bender to the stringed instrument; a spring device and an activation lever; and an anchoring arrangement to secure an anchor portion of an instrument string having a string portion and an anchor portion; said anchoring arrangement cooperating with said spring device such that when the instrument string is tensioned to achieve a desired neutral pitch, the spring device is in a neutral position; said spring device is deformable such that by moving the activation lever in a first direction, the spring device is deformed from the neutral position in a first direction and the anchor portion of the string is moved to create increased tension of said instrument string, which raises the pitch produced by said instrument string and by moving the activation lever in a second direction, the spring device is deformed from the neutral position in a second direction and the anchor portion of the instrument string is moved to decrease the tension on the string, lowering the pitch produced by the instrument string; and wherein said anchoring arrangement is a string aperture sized to allow the string portion of said instrument string to pass through while preventing the passage of the anchor portion to secure the instrument string to said string bender.