Lug nut for drum head

A lug and lug nut combination for a musical instrument drum, and the like, comprising:

• a hollow lug for being attached to a musical instrument drum, or the like, the lug having an end and a first opening through that end;
• first and second abuttable surfaces supported spaced apart in the hollow of the lug near the end thereof;
• a first shelf in and supported in the lug and defining the first surface;
• a second shelf in and supported in the lug and defining the second surface;
• a lug nut including a shank for extending through the first opening in the lug;
• the lug nut being sized in the lug to pass by the surfaces without abutting the surfaces in moving thereby;
• the lug nut being internally threaded for screw threadedly receiving a threaded bolt therethrough;
• the lug nut including a second opening therethrough in the portion thereof inside the lug for providing access to the bolt threaded into the lug;
• lug nut support means carried on the lug nut and including a first part extending into the second opening of the lug nut for contacting the bolt in the lug nut and comprising a second part of a size and shape that the second part will abut one or the other of the first and second surfaces as the lug nut is moved in directions which would move the lug nut out of the lug through the first opening or into the lug away from the first opening;
• a first and a second flange defined on the lug nut and each flange having a respective exterior profile facing outwardly toward the shelves;
• the first and second shelves in the lug having internal profiles facing inwardly toward the flanges for cooperating with the external profiles of the respective first and second flanges for prohibiting rotation of the lug nut in the lug.

A lug and lug nut combination for a musical instrument drum, and the like, comprising:

• a hollow lug for being attached to a musical instrument drum, or the like, the lug having an end and an opening through that end;
• first and second abuttable surfaces supported spaced apart in the hollow of the lug near the end thereof;
• a first shelf in and supported in the lug and a second shelf in and supported in the lug, the first surface being defined on the first shelf in the lug and the second surface being defined on the second shelf in the lug;
• a lug nut including a shank for extending through the opening in the lug;
• the lug nut being sized in the lug to pass by the surfaces without abutting the surfaces in moving thereby;
• the lug nut being internally threaded for screw threadedly receiving a threaded bolt therethrough;
• lug nut support means carried on the lug nut and including a part of a size and shape that the part will abut one or the other of the first and second surfaces as the lug nut is moved in directions which would move the lug nut out of the lug through the opening as the threaded bolt is tightened or into the lug away from the opening;
• a first and a second flange defined on the lug nut and each flange having a respective exterior profile facing outwardly toward the shelves;
• at least one of the first and the second shelves in the lug having internal profiles facing inwardly toward the flanges for cooperating with the external profiles of the respective first and second flanges for prohibiting rotation of the lug nut in the lug.

In combination, a musical instrument drum comprising a drum body with a peripheral wall and an open end, a drum head over the open end of the drum, a hoop for engaging the drum head and for clamping the drum head to the open end of the drum body, a plurality of bolt receiving means on the hoop each for receiving a respective bolt;

• a plurality of lug and lug nut combinations disposed around the drum body;
• each of the combinations comprising a hollow lug for being attached to a musical instrument drum, or the like, the lug having an end and a first opening through that end;
• the lug ends being alignable with the bolt receiving means;
• first and second abuttable surfaces supported spaced apart in the hollow of the lug near the end thereof;
• a lug nut including a shank for extending through the first opening in the lug;
• the lug nut being sized in the lug to pass by the surfaces without abutting the surfaces in moving thereby;
• the lug nut being internally threaded for screw threadedly receiving a threaded bolt therethrough;
• the lug nut including a second opening therethrough in the portion thereof inside the lug for providing access to the bolt threaded into the lug;
• a respective threaded bolt extending from the respective bolt receiving means on the hoop to each of the lug nuts;
• lug nut support means carried on the lug nut and including a first part extending into the second opening of the lug nut for contacting the bolt in the lug nut and comprising a second part of a size and shape that the second part will abut one or the other of the first and second surfaces as the lug nut is moved in directions which would move the lug nut out of the lug through the first opening as the threaded bolt is tightened or into the lug away from the first opening.