Drumhead assembly with improved rebound
AssigneeRTOM Corporation
InventorThomas Rogers
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Abstract
A drumhead comprising a mesh membrane having a bottom surface and a damper contacting at least a portion of the bottom surface for improved rebound. Also, a practice drumhead assembly including the mesh membrane with a damper in contact with at least a portion of the bottom surface, held in substantially fixed relation to an acoustic membrane. The assembly preferably includes an annular tensioning ring for tensioning the mesh membrane, and an engagement member for substantially fixing the mesh membrane relative to the acoustic membrane. The tensioning ring includes a cylindrical rod with a turnbuckle that is rotated to increase the diameter of the tensioning ring.
Claims32
A practice drumhead assembly comprising:
- a. a mesh membrane having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- b. a tensioning ring for tensioning the mesh membrane;
- c. a damper contacting at least a portion of the bottom surface of the mesh membrane;
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- d. an engagement member comprising a retention member for retaining the mesh membrane and a connection member for retaining the mesh membrane in substantially fixed relation to an acoustic membrane.
A drumhead comprising a mesh membrane having a bottom surface and a damper in contact with at least a portion of the bottom surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.