Removable muting device for drums, cymbals and the like
OwnerJames Andersoninventor
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Abstract
A removable muting device for drums, cymbals, and the like, including a new and innovative layered combination formed of a pad of sponge rubber material having a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a layer thereon of TYCO Adhesive No. 1724D which is a removable Acrylic adhesive having low peel, low tack, high shear and non-residue properties to allow the entire combination to be adhesively and removably affixed by pressure to a surface such as the drumstick-struck portions of drums and cymbals to mute the sound thereof when struck by a drumstick or the like.
Claims17
A sound muting device for percussion instruments, such as drumheads or cymbals, comprising:
- (a) a membrane for producing sound when struck with a drumstick, an outer rim disposed on the periphery of said membrane;
- (b) a device of pliable material for absorbing the vibrations produced by said membrane when struck with a drumstick, the device adapted for securement to the membrane within the outer rim thereof;
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- (c) a removable, non-residue adhesive layer of TYCO Adhesive No. 1724D bonded to one side of the pliable material for removably attaching said device to said membrane.
A sound muting device for a drum, comprising:
- (a) a drumhead membrane having an outer rim disposed on the periphery of said membrane,
- (b) a device of non-porous, pliable material for absorbing the vibrations of said membrane;
- (c) an aperture therein;
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- (d) an non-residue-producing adhesive layer bonded to one side of the pliable material attaching said device to said membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.