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US 10,380,981 B2Granted
Drum ring kit
OwnerPatrick Sidell, Christopher Wells +1inventors
InventorsPatrick Sidell, Christopher Wells, Elliott Sidell
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Abstract
This invention; details a universal, self-contained, removable head and ring system upgrading or nesting your acoustic musical drum kit.
Claims4
A drum ring tuning system comprising:
- a mating pair of rings, comprising:
- a tuning ring and a fixed ring assembly, wherein:
- (i). the fixed ring assembly is releasably attachable to an exterior of a drum shell;
- (ii). the fixed ring assembly contains a set of internal threads;
- (iii). the tuning ring contains a set of external threads configured to mate with the internal threads of the fixed ring assembly;
- (iv). the tuning ring is configured to sit atop a replaceable drum head which, as installed, extends across an upper circumference of the drum shell;
- (v). the tuning ring is configured to rotate as a single unit;
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- (vi). the tuning ring is configured to achieve direct, frictional contact between the lower portion of the tuning ring and the upper portion of an outer ring of the replaceable drum head as the tuning ring is tightened into the threads of the fixed ring assembly so that tensioning pressure is applied to the drum head with rotational tightening of the tuning ring;
- wherein the tuning ring contains gear-teeth on the uppermost portion of the tuning ring along an outer circumference of the tuning ring, wherein the gear-teeth have peaks flaring outwardly relative to the outer circumference of the tuning ring such that the gear-teeth extend in a plane that is roughly parallel to a striking surface of an installed, replaceable drum head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.