US 11,705,093 B1
Flip tuning levers device
Eric E. Burch, Winter Park, FL (US)
Filed by Eric E. Burch, Winter Park, FL (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/751,529.
Int. Cl. G10D 3/14 (2020.01)
CPC G10D 3/14 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flip tuning levers device, comprising:
a plurality of levers depressed to close the flip tuning levers device;
a vertical shaft extending downward from each of the levers, the vertical shafts include an aperture disposed near a distal end of each of the vertical shafts;
a plurality of shims each having an aligned hole disposed on each of the shims that each of the vertical shafts are inserted through, each of the shims along each of the vertical shafts are positioned between each of the levers and each of the apertures disposed near the distal ends of each of the vertical shafts, the shims include a first shim, a second shim, and a third shim;
a horizontal shaft having an elongated horizontal shaft portion and a perpendicular distal end, the horizontal shaft is inserted through each of the apertures disposed near a distal end of each of the vertical shafts, the horizontal shaft is withdrawn from each of the apertures disposed near the distal end of each of the vertical shafts when the flip tuning levers device is broken down and removed off from the strings and a headstock of the guitar; and
a base plate having a plurality of apertures and a plurality of raised corresponding grooves, the apertures include a first set of apertures that accommodate receiving a plurality of fasteners and a second set of apertures that accommodate receiving the distal ends of each of the vertical shafts, the first set of apertures correspond with a plurality of preexisting holes disposed on the headstock of the guitar.