US RE50,193 E1
Stringed instrument vibrato tailpiece device and method
Christopher Swope, Overland Park, KS (US); and Daniel Dean Falck, Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by Christopher Swope, Overland Park, KS (US); and Daniel Dean Falck, Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,370.
Application 18/218,370 is a reissue of application No. 16/448,266, filed on Jun. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,056,086, issued on Jul. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/784,931, filed on Dec. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/689,155, filed on Jun. 23, 2018.
Int. Cl. G10D 3/153 (2020.01); G10D 1/08 (2006.01); G10D 3/12 (2020.01)
CPC G10D 1/08 (2013.01) [G10D 3/12 (2013.01); G10D 3/153 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vibrato tailpiece for a stringed instrument having a bridge [ and a plurality of strings] , wherein the vibrato tailpiece comprises a base plate, a fulcrum plate adjustably mounted beneath the base plate, and a string attachment plate pivotally connected at a distal end of the string attachment plate to the base plate so that at least a portion of the string attachment plate is underneath the fulcrum plate for pivoting about the fulcrum plate, the fulcrum plate being selective adjustable downwardly relative to the base plate to force the string attachment plate downward to a lower position [ the base plate including an opening and a plurality of slots, the opening being configured to receive at least a portion of the string attachment plate therein, the plurality of slots being connected to and extending from the opening, the plurality of slots being configured to receive the strings and enable the strings to move downwardly beneath the base plate] .