Patent ID: 9595245
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G10D

Claim:
1. An apparatus for a fulcrum tremolo mounted on the body of a stringed musical instrument for pivotally supporting strings, the stringed musical instrument further comprising a body, a neck extending outwardly from the body, a plurality of strings extending in a direction from the body to the neck, a nut on the opposite end of the neck from the body forming a first critical point for each of the strings, the fulcrum tremolo further comprising: a pivot axis, a base plate, an interlocking bearing assembly, the interlocking bearing assembly comprising the pivot axis, the interlocking bearing assembly connected to the base plate to adjustably mount the fulcrum tremolo to the body, the interlocking bearing assembly comprising: wherein the bearing axle element centerline is offset from the abstract plane relative to the nut, the bearing axle element and the riser post element interlock within the integrated housing element, and the riser post element operable to threadedly position the bearing axle element relative to the body.