Device for deadening drumheads
AssigneeSilver Street, Incorporated
InventorBruce N. Hardy
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Abstract
A device for deadening drumheads, to reduce the ringing phenomenon associated principally with synthetic membranes, in which a plurality of bodies of porous, pliable material are disposed around the preferred attack area of the drum membrane. Each of the bodies has an adhesive layer on one surface, and the adhesive layer is used to attach the body to a drumhead membrane. When the device is secured to the membrane, the bodies do not interfere substantially with the initial vibrations induced when the drum membrane is struck by the drummer; however, the bodies absorb the reflected vibrations which return toward the center of the drum and cause the ringing phenomenon. The bodies may be circular, square, rectangular, or of other shapes, and may be in a variety of colors.
Claims19
A device for deadening drumheads to minimize the ringing phenomenon associated principally with synthetic drum membranes:
- said devices comprising a plurality of bodies of porous, pliable material for reacting with one another and with the drumhead membrane, said bodies being positioned generally around the preferred attack area of the membrane, and an adhesive layer on each of said bodies for attaching each of said bodies to the drumhead membrane.
In a conventional drum structure having a drumhead membrane:
- a device for deadening drumhead ring from said membrane comprising a plurality of bodies of porous pliable material for reacting with said membrane, said bodies being positioned around the preferred attack area of the membrane, and an adhesive for attaching each of said bodies to said membrane.
A drum with a drumhead deadening device, comprising a drumhead membrane, an outer rim disposed on the periphery of said membrane, a plurality of spaced apart bodies of porous, pliable material disposed generally around the preferred attack area of said membrane for reacting with said membrane to reduce drumhead ring, and an adhesive for attaching said bodies to said membrane.
In a device for deadening drumhead ring:
- a body of porous, pliable material for reacting with a drumhead membrane, said body being adapted to be positioned radially outwardly from and on only one side of the preferred attack area of said membrane, and an adhesive on said body for attaching said body to said membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.