Patent ID: 6015945
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A bearing system for a tremolo bridge of a guitar, comprising:a bearing surface mountable on a body of a guitar;a rocker mountable on the tremolo bridge, said rocker defining a rocker surface contactable to and cooperating with said bearing surface to provide smooth movement of the tremolo bridge; the bearing surface and the rocker surface being configured so that in an assembled bearing system on a guitar an imaginary plane intersecting the surfaces through a point of contact between them defines two lines having a point of contact at the intersections of the plane with the surfaces, the line defined by the intersection of the imaginary plane with the bearing surface being straight adjacent the point of contact and the line defined by the intersection of the imaginary plane with the rocker surface defining a continuous curve adjacent the point of contact, whereby a smooth rocking action with minimal resistance is facilitated.