Mute or damper device for a guitar

Claim 1

A GUITAR, WHICH COMPRISES A BODY HAVING A FACE, A PLURALITY OF GUITAR STRINGS, MEANS OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID BODY TO MOUNTSAID STRINGS IN TENSIONED RELATIONSHIP OVER SAID FACE AND IN SPACED AND GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, SAID STRINGS LYING GENERALLY IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THAT OF SAID FACE, BRIDGE MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FACE AND SAID STRINGS AND OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FACE AND SAID STRINGS, SAID BRIDGE MEANS INCLUDING A STRING-CONTACTING COMPONENT SPACED ABOVE SAID FACE AND LEG COMPONENTS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY TO SAID FACE, SAID BRIDGE MEAND BEING DISPOSED RELATIVELY ADJACENT ONE SET OF ENDS OF SAID STRINGS WHEREBY RELATIVELY LONG OPERATIVE PLAYING PORTIONS OF SAID STRINGS ARE DEFINED BETWEEN SAID BRIDGE MEANS AND THE OTHER SET OF ENDS OF SAID STRIPS, AN ELONGATED ROCKER ELEMENT DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID STRING-CONTACTING BRIDGE COMPONENT AND SAID FACE, SAID ROCKER ELEMENT BEING ROCKABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FACE BENEATH SAID STRINGS AD EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY TO SAID STRINGS, SAID ROCKER ELEMENT HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE FREELY SAID LEG COMPONENTS OF SAID BRIDGE MEANS, A BODY-SUPPORTING ELEMENT MOUNTED ADJACENT AND PARALLEL TO SAID ROCKER ELEMENT AND CONNECTED THERETO, SAID BODY-SUPPORTING ELEMENT BEING DISPOSED BENEATH SAID OPERATIVE PLAYING PORTIONS OF SAID STRINGS, A SOFT VIBRATION-DAMPING BODY MOUNTED ON SAID BODYSUPPORTING ELEMENT FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID OPERATIVE PLAYING PORTIONS OF SAID STRINGS, MEANS TO ROCK SAID ROCKER ELEMENT ON SAID FACE TO SHIFT SAID VIBRATION-DAMPING BODY BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID OPERATIVE PLAYING PORTIONS OF SAID STRINGS AND A SECOND POSITION SPACED THEREFROM, AND MEANS TO MAINTAIN SAID VIBRATION-DAMPING BODY SELECTIVELY IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS.