# US 2014/0190333 A1 · Magnetic Musical Drum Suspension System

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- Number: US 2014/0190333 A1
- Document ID: US20140190333A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/093,031
- Filed: 2013-11-28
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Inventors: Kenneth Howard Sams
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190333A1

## CPC

- G10D 13/02: Drums; Tambourines with drumheads
- G10D 13/28: {Mountings or supports for individual drums (supports for carrying musical instrument, while playing G10G5/005)}
- G10D: STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (organs, harmoniums or similar wind musical instruments with associated blowing apparatus G10B; pianos, harpsichords, spinets or similar stringed musical instruments with one or more keyboards G10C; automatic musical instruments G10F; electrophonic musical instruments in which tones are generated by electromechanical means G10H)

## Abstract

A magnetic system supports an acoustic drum vertically and radially with respect to a support structure such as a drum stand.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A magnetic acoustic drum suspension system, comprising:
an acoustic drum having a resonating annular hollow body having a plurality of open ends and a tympanic membrane held in tension over one of the ends;
means for magnetically supporting the body radially and vertically with respect to a support structure to maximize sustain of the drum.