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US 4,535,671 AGranted
Stick type drumstick
OwnerPaul C. Stromberg, Van A. Luomainventors
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Abstract
A stick type drumstick is disclosed which includes a plurality of elongated, substantially straight wooden rods disposed to form a bundle having two ends and a longitudinal axis and at least a first retainer is provided for securing the bundle tightly together in a band-like manner for a relatively short longitudinal span at a location spaced from but closer to the playing end thereof. A second retainer is provided for securing the bundle together at the handle end and an overlay sleeve may be provided on top of the retainer.
Claims19
A stick type drumstick comprising:
- a plurality of elongated, substantially straight wooden rods disposed to form a bundle, said bundle having two ends and a longitudinal axis;
- first retaining means securing said bundle tightly together in a band-like manner for a relatively short longitudinal span at a location spaced from but closer to the playing end thereof;
- and
- second retaining means securing said bundle together at the handle end thereof.
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A stick type drumstick comprising:
- a plurality of elongated, substantially straight hardwood rods, said rods being of substantially round crossection disposed together in parallel to form a bundle having a longitudinal axis and two ends wherein the ends of the rods are substantially aligned to form a substantially planer playing end, the other end being a handle end;
- first retaining means for binding said bundle together in a band-like manner for a relatively short longitudinal span at a location spaced from but closer to said playing end;
- second retaining means securing said bundle together at the handle end thereof;
- and
- overlay retaining sleeve means enveloping the bundle on top of each of said first and second retaining means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.