Patent ID: 7709713

Claim:
A vibrato mounting bracket for mounting a vibrato unit on and above the front face of a guitar, said vibrato unit having a frame having mounting screw openings, a lateral lower rotatable string anchoring member, and a tension arm assembly to rotate the lateral rotatable member, said bracket comprising: a) a generally flat central portion, said flat central portion having vibrato unit attachment openings therethrough positioned to align with the openings on the vibrato unit; b) an upper portion extending above the central portion along the face of the guitar having two opposite lateral openings therethrough, said openings spaced to align and allow screws to be used in the same holes on the face of the guitar with one of i) the two outer string stop bar screws on the guitar in all cases wherein said guitar has a screwed string stop bar, ii) the two bridge attachment screws on the guitar where said guitar has a bridge attachment screw and does not have a screwed string stop bar, and yet as another alternative with, iii) the bridge height adjustment screws where the guitar has a floating bridge and does not have a string stop bar; wherein the vibrato unit is adequately secured to the guitar without devaluing the guitar by screwing to other than original screw attachment anchors therein.