Drumstick
OwnerThino P Cacciolo, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An improved drumstick is formed from a tip, shaft, and butt, the shaft having a lateral surface. The lateral surface can receive a primary fulcrum groove, which assists a drummer in holding and utilizing the drumstick. To assist with grip and improve ergonomics, an additional secondary fulcrum groove may be provided halfway around the shaft from the primary fulcrum groove. Auxiliary finger grooves can be provided along the shaft as well. To adjust the weight and provide alternate striking surfaces, receptacles and weighted inserts are incorporated into the shaft, the tip, or both. The improved drumstick can be used to help create a personalized drumstick by allowing a drummer to experiment with weight distribution and groove placements until finding one that is ideal.
Claims12
A drumstick comprises:
- a tip, a shaft, and a butt;
- a plurality of receptacles;
- a plurality of weighted inserts;
- the shaft comprises a lateral surface;
- the tip being adjacently connected to the shaft;
- the butt being adjacently connected to the shaft, opposite the tip;
- the plurality of receptacles being positioned in the drumstick;
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- a selected number of weighted inserts being positioned in the plurality of receptacles;
- a primary fulcrum groove comprises a primary oval-shaped cavity and integrated into the shaft;
- the primary fulcrum groove configured to accept a finger inserted thereto;
- the primary fulcrum groove traverses perpendicularly into the lateral surface;
- a secondary fulcrum groove comprises a secondary oval-shaped cavity and integrated into the shaft;
- the secondary fulcrum groove positioned at a pivot point of the drumstick;
- the secondary fulcrum groove being positioned opposite the primary fulcrum groove around the lateral surface;
- the secondary fulcrum groove traverses perpendicularly into the lateral surface;
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- the primary fulcrum groove being linearly aligned with the plurality of weighted inserts along a length of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.