Patent ID: 9697809
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G10D

Claim:
1. A tremolo bridge for a guitar comprising a body, a neck attached to said body, a headstock attached to said neck, a plurality of tuners disposed on said headstock and adjacent the neck, at least one post extending from said body, each of said at least one post further comprising a V-shaped notch, and a plurality of strings, whereby each string of said plurality of strings is attached to the tremolo bridge, extends along the neck of the guitar, and is attached to a corresponding one of said plurality of tuners disposed on the headstock, said tremolo bridge comprising: a base plate including at least one pivot point, said at least one pivot point of said base plate engaging said V-shaped notch to allow for tilting movement of the tremolo bridge along an arc; a block extending from said base plate; at least one spring connecting said block to said body, said at least one spring for counter-balancing the tension of the strings of the guitar and maintaining the tremolo bridge in a default position; a tremolo arm attached to said base plate, said tremolo arm having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion attached to said base plate and said second portion extending angularly from said first portion, said first portion defining a first portion axis along a length thereof, said tremolo arm being rotatable about a swing axis defined generally parallel to said first portion axis and connected to said base plate; and an adjustable locking mechanism for locking the position of the tremolo bridge relative to said arc, wherein said adjustable locking mechanism is configured for locking the position of the tremolo bridge relative to said arc when the tremolo bridge is not in the default position, said adjustable locking mechanism connected to said first portion of said tremolo arm whereby said tremolo arm is rotatable between an unlocked position in which said tremolo bridge is capable of tilting freely along said arc, and a locked position in which said tremolo bridge is locked and held in its then-current position relative to said arc, wherein said adjustable locking mechanism comprises a cam member attached about a shaft, wherein rotation of the tremolo arm causes rotation of the shaft and rotation of the cam member, wherein rotation of the cam member in a first direction causes the bridge to be locked relative to said arc, wherein rotation of the cam member in a second direction allows the bridge to be freely tilted along said arc.