Stringed instrument bridge and anchoring means

Claim 1

A GUITAR STRING BRIDGE AND ANCHORING MEANS COMPRISING: A BRIDGE MEMBER; MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BRIDGE MEMBER TO THE BODY PORTION OF A GUITAR BENEATH THE STRINGS OF SAID GUITAR; A PLURALITY OF BRIDGE PROJECTIONS EXTENDING UPWARDLY RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT TO SAID STRINGS FROM SAID BRIDGE TO A LEVEL HIGHER THAN SAID STRINGS, THE NUMBER OF SAID PROJECTIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF SAID STRINGS AND EACH PROJECTIONS INCLUDING A LATERALLY DIRECTED CRADLING MEANS FOR RECEIVING ITS CORRESPONDING STRING, SAID CRADLING MEANS BEING DEFINED BY A V-SHAPED CHANNEL IN THE SIDE OF THE PROJECTION, THE SLOPING SIDES OF SAID CHANNEL FORMING EQUAL ACUTE ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO A HORIZONTAL PLANE NORMAL TO SAID PROJECTION, THE OPEN END OF SAID V-SHAPE CHANNEL RECEIVING THE STRING FACING IN A GIVEN DIRECTION; AND A PLURALITY OF ANCHORING MEANS FOR SAID STRINGS RESPECTIVELY POSITIONED BEHIND SAID BRIDGE ON SAID BODY PORTION AND LATERALLY OFFSET RESPECTIVELY FROM SAID PROJECTIONS IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE FROM SAID GIVEN DIRECTION SUCH THAT TENSIONING OF SAID STRINGS BIASES THEM INTO THEIR CORRESPONDING CRADLING MEANS.