US 12,249,302 B2
Stringed instrument bridge
Evan Haynes, East Lyme, CT (US)
Filed by Evan Haynes, East Lyme, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,023.
Application 18/083,023 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/342,036, filed on Jun. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,568,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/048,740, filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0178055 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10D 3/04 (2020.01); G10D 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC G10D 3/04 (2013.01) [G10D 1/08 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stringed instrument bridge comprising:
a bridge body;
a receiving surface located on the bridge body;
a first angled member abutting a first side of the receiving surface, the first angled member having a first angled surface with a first threaded hole;
a second angled member abutting a second side of the receiving surface, the second side on an opposite side from the first side, the second angled member having a second angled surface with a second threaded hole;
a plurality of saddles, each saddle configured to sit the receiving surface;
a first wedge lock, the first wedge lock having a first slotted screw hole, the first wedge lock configured to attach to the bridge body at the first angled member via a first screw configured to engage the first slotted screw hole and the first threaded hole;
a second wedge lock, the second wedge lock having a second slotted screw hole, the second wedge lock configured to attach to the bridge body at the second angled member via a second screw configured to engage the second slotted screw hole and the second threaded hole;
wherein when the first and second wedge locks are loosely attached to the first and second angle members, the saddles may be adjusted into an adjusted position with respect to the receiving surface; and wherein when first screw is tightened and the second screw is tightened, the first and second wedge locks fixedly hold the saddles in the adjusted position.