US Patent Issued to K K Poschelk on July 1 for "Nut and string tree for a stringed musical instrument" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,407, issued on July 1, was assigned to K K Poschelk Pty Ltd (Queensland, Australia).

"Nut and string tree for a stringed musical instrument" was invented by Kevin Poschelk (Queensland, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nut for a stringed musical instrument is provided. The nut comprises of a bed that positions and supports a number of bearings over which strings can pass on their way from a bridge of the instrument to the instrument's tuning pegs. The bearings provide a rolling contact with the strings and thereby reduce the friction of the moving string over the nut. The nut can be provided with string capture mechanisms suc...