Drum accessory
AssigneePrecious CarGo IP Ventures LLC
InventorMichael T. Gage
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Abstract
A stop and dampening pillow are provided inside a bass drum with the dampening pillow engaging the batter head (player's side) but prevented from touching or engaging the resonant head (audience side) by the stop. The stop may be a single piece device, such as a wooden circular segment, or an adjustable device for multiple drum diameter sizes.
Claims10
A resonation enabler device for a bass drum, wherein the bass drum has a cylindrical-shaped shell having a curved inside surface of a first radius, a resonant head on a first side of the shell, and a batter head on a second side of the shell opposite of the resonant head, device comprising:
- one or more retainers attached towards a bottom area of the curved inside surface of the shell;
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- one or more rigid stops rigidly affixed to the one or more retainers, having a minor segment shape defined on a lower edge conformant to the curved inside surface of the shell and defined on an upper edge by a chord across the cylindrical shape;
- thereby defining a first horizontal space between the batter head, and portion of the inside surface of the shell, and the one or more rigid stops configured to receive a dampening pillow and to press the dampening pillow firmly against a lower inside surface of the batter head;
- and defining a second horizontal space between the resonant head, a portion of the inside surface of the shell, and the one or more rigid stops to prevent a dampening pillow or the one or more rigid stops from contacting the resonant head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.