US Patent Issued to J Edwards Guitars on May 27 for "Self-conforming-radius fret press for stringed instruments" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,475, issued on May 27, was assigned to J Edwards Guitars LLC (San Antonio).

"Self-conforming-radius fret press for stringed instruments" was invented by Jerame Brandon Edwards (Cibolo, Texas) and James Travis Roadman (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fret press device may include a cascading, tiered structure having at least a first tier and a second tier, with the first tier having a plurality of lobed feet each pivotally coupled to a component of the second tier. The device may be configured to couple to an apparatus operable to apply mechanical force. A system may include the fret press device and the apparatus, with t...