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US 9,437,177 B2Granted
Percussion practice drum pad
OwnerRichard Scott Chiappeinventor
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Abstract
A percussion practice drum pad which is manufactured by pouring set-in-place polymers into one or more pockets in a rigid frame. Numerous unique defined features of the frame enable the device, when struck with a drumstick, to more closely simulate both the physical and aural characteristics of playing an actual acoustic drum; one or more secondary striking surfaces; and additional features that improve portability and mounting flexibility of the device.
Claims9
A percussion practice drum pad, comprising:
- a keyhole-shaped primary striking surface having a circular portion and a substantially rectangular extension portion extending laterally from the circular portion;
- a floor pan underlying the primary striking surface, wherein the thickness of the pan varies underneath the primary striking surface and the thickness of the primary striking surface overlying the floor pan varies substantially inverse to the thickness of the floor pan,
- a secondary striking surface adjacent the primary striking surface and comprising a material softer than the material of the primary striking surface;
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- a frame having a raised rim portion along its perimeter.
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A percussion practice drum pad, comprising:
- a keyhole-shaped primary striking surface having a circular portion and rectangular extension outwardly extending from the circular portion;
- wherein the thickness of the primary striking surface is greatest in the center of the circular portion and least in the rectangular extension;
- a secondary striking surface adjacent the primary striking surface and comprising a harder material;
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- a floor pan underlying the primary striking surface, being substantially isolated from a practice drum pad frame, and having a plurality of bridges coupling the floor pan to the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.