Percussion instrument aid
OwnerDouglas Kinginventor
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Abstract
The present invention, a percussion instrument aid is useful to aid in the creation of acoustic vibrations, or more generally, music. The subject instrument includes a striking pad and a striking tip, positioned distally on a lever arm. Further, the lever arm is pivotally attached at a pivot joint to a brace, the brace having a percussion device attached distally from where the lever arm is pivotally attached. The instrument aid is used by displacing the striking pad with a force conveyed by a hand. As the striking pad is displaced, the pivotally attached lever arm is also displaced thereby causing a complementary displacement of the striking tip. The displacement of the striking tip eventually impacts upon the percussive device causing the characteristic vibrations of the percussive device.
Claims17
An aid for percussion devices comprising;
- a striking pad, and
- a striking tip, said striking pad and said striking tip each being distally
- positioned on
- a lever arm, pivotally attached at a medial position of said lever arm to
- a brace, said brace further attached to
- a percussion device distally positioned on said brace,
- whereby a musician plays said musical instrument by imparting force to
- said striking pad and said pivotally attached lever arm, thereby displacing
- said lever arm and causing an impact of said striking tip with said percussion device.
A physical therapy aid comprising;
- a striking pad, and
- at least one striking tip, said striking pad and said striking tip each being distally positioned on
- at least one lever arm, pivotally attached at a medial position of said lever arm to
- at least one brace, said brace further attached to
- at least one percussion device distally positioned on said brace,
- whereby an individual undergoing physical therapy uses said aid by imparting force to said striking pad and said pivotally attached lever arm,
- thereby displacing said lever arm and causing an impact of said striking tip with said percussion device.
A method of making acoustic vibrations comprising the step of;
- displacing a striking pad and a striking tip by imparting force to said striking pad, said striking pad being distally positioned on a lever arm, and said striking tip positioned at a second distal position of said lever arm said displacing causing pivoting of said lever arm about a pivotal attachment to a brace, said pivotal attachment being medially positioned on said lever arm, causing an impact of said striking tip with a percussion device distally positioned from said medial position of said lever arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.