Drum mute
OwnerRon L. Santangeloinventor
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Abstract
A drum mute for eliminating overtones and ringing that occurs when a drum head to which the mute is affixed is struck. The drum mute has a thin, flexible, resilient sheet which may be adhered to the drum head. The undersurface of the sheet includes an adhesive to adhere it to the drum head and an area of felt. Preferably, the sheet has an angled bend to resiliently hold the felt against the drum head.
Claims16
A drum mute for eliminating overtones and ringing that occurs when a drum head to which the mute is affixed is struck, said drum mute comprising:
- a flexible, resilient sheet having an outer surface, an inner surface and a peripheral edge;
- a layer of delayed tack adhesive affixed to at least a portion of said inner surface of said sheet;
- an area of felt affixed to only a portion of said inner surface and positioned so that the inner surface has a portion of said layer of delayed tack adhesive exposed and an area of felt exposed whereby when the layer of delayed tack adhesive is placed into contact with a drum head, the area of felt abuts the drum head thereby muting overtones.
A drum mute affixed to the head of a drum, said drum mute comprising:
- a generally rectangular, thin sheet fabricated from a resilient material, said thin sheet having an inner surface, an outer surface and an outer periphery, said inner surface including an area of adhesive adhering said sheet to a surface of said head and said inner surface further having a layer of felt affixed to a different area than said adhesive area, whereby the sound caused by the striking of said head is muted by contact with said layer of felt.
A drum mute fabricated from a thin, elongated rectangular sheet having an outer periphery including rounded corners, said sheet having an outer surface and an inner surface and having a longitudinal axis, said sheet further having an angled bend formed so that it is at a right angle with respect to its longitudinal axis and the angle of said angled bend being an obtuse angle with respect to the inner surface of said sheet and said angled bend dividing the inner surface into a felt area and an adhesive area and said felt area having a layer of felt held thereto and said adhesive area having a layer of delayed tack adhesive affixed thereto, said layer of adhesive extending from a portion of the outer periphery but said adhesive area being free from adhesive adjacent said angled bend.
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