Adjustable Percussion Pad Assembly
AssigneeD'Addario & Company, Inc.
InventorsJustin Tranchina, Andrzej J. Krol, Zachary Stringham, Devin Hasenflue
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Abstract
A percussion pad assembly has a beatable membrane maintained within a frame. A resilient pad may be included beneath the membrane with a lower plate or other member to trap the pad with the membrane. The tension of the membrane is adjustable by tension rods accessible from underneath, which may act upon a bearing ring positioned within the frame against the membrane. The lower plate is removable to allow access to the resilient pad for removal and/or replacement. The frame may include multiple portions that are separable to allow access to the resilient pad, bearing ring and membrane.
Claims20
A percussion assembly, comprising:
- a top membrane defining a beating surface;
- a lower member spaced from the top membrane;
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- a resilient pad sandwiched between the top membrane and the lower member, wherein
- the lower member is disengageable to allow access to the resilient pad.
A percussion assembly, comprising:
- a drumhead membrane with a beating surface;
- an outer drumhead frame member with an inner edge defining an open radially inner area through which the beating surface of the drumhead membrane is exposed, the outer drumhead frame member having an upper portion and a lower portion;
- a bearing member between the top membrane and lower portion of the drumhead frame member;
- one or more tension rods extending through the lower portion of the drumhead frame member rotatably independent thereof and in communication with the bearing member, wherein
- rotating the one or more tension rods in a first direction causes the bearing ring to move toward the membrane to increase tension and rotating the one or more tension rods in a second direction causes the bearing ring to move away from the membrane to decrease tension.
A percussion assembly, comprising:
- a top hoop-shaped frame member defining an open inner area;
- a bottom frame member releasably attached to the top hoop;
- a drumhead comprising a membrane stretched across an annular ring, wherein
- the annular ring is trapped between an inner surface of the top hoop-shaped frame member and an inner surface of the bottom frame member with the membrane exposed from the open inner area, and
- the top hoop-shaped frame member and bottom frame member are disengageable from one another without use of tooling to thereby release the drumhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.