| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 084415000 | Snares | 28 |
| 20080264234 | SNARE DRUM STRAINER - A snare drum strainer includes a switch stand, a brake part, a suspender steady base and a pull handle driven part. The brake part can slide inside the switch stand and also can move upward and downward. The suspender steady base is steady located at a lower end of the brake part for clipping multiple snares. The pull handle driven part is pivotally coupled to the switch stand for controlling the brake part to be ascending and descending. The brake part makes use of a self-lubricating bearing and a shaft sleeve to generate a self-lubricating effect. Further, the pull handle driven part makes use of a bolt and a spacer to have the pull handle, the driven buttons and the driven pole pivotal coupled together. When the suspender steady base is in use, friction can be reduced, so as to enhance the fluid movement and further reduce the noise. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090038465 | DRUMS | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090133564 | STRAINER SYSTEM OF SNARE DRUM AND SNARE DRUM WITH THE STRAINER SYSTEM - A snare drum includes a strainer system which switches the position of a snare wire between an OFF position spaced from a lower drumhead and an ON position in contact with the lower drumhead. The strainer system includes a frame to which the snare wire is attached, and a pair of link mechanisms which are joined to the respective end portions of the frame and attach the respective end portions of the frame to a shell of the snare drum. After switching the position of the snare wire to the ON position, the position of the snare wire with respect to the lower drumhead is adjusted by operating an adjust screw of the second link mechanism. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100050852 | DRUM - A drum having a resonant chamber for producing a range of sounds and at least one device for allowing the sound so produced to be altered, which includes a plurality of internal snares which can be brought into contact with the internal surface of the external surface of the resonant chamber which is struck by the player. The drum may also include a bass drum stick mounted within the chamber and adapted for movement to be able to selectively strike the inner surface of the drum which is struck by the player. The bass drum stick may include a pedal, or other device, operable by the player and external to the drum for effecting movement of the bass drum stick. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100206155 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AND BLOCKING A SNARE BAND - A snare band adjustment and locking device of a snare drum comprising a mechanism for adjusting first, second and third settings, a first setting wherein the snare band is removed from the snare head, a second setting wherein the snare band has a maximum, predetermined contact pressure with the snare head, and a third setting wherein the contact pressure of the snare band with the snare head can be continuously varied between the contact pressure in the first and second settings. The adjustment mechanism is operated in the third setting via a foot pedal and a cable running through a control member which determines by its tension the spacing between the control member and the control lever pretensioned by a compression spring. The control lever when actuated moves a compression screw connected to the spindle against the force of a further compression spring. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100218662 | Drum with Adjustable Depth - A drum with an adjustable depth is described. The drum includes a top head, a bottom head, and a shell. The shell is constructed such that the bottom head can be moved away from the top head, creating a drum with a different depth. The shell comprises an inner and outer shell. A handle can be turned, turning a drive sleeve in the interior of the drum. The drive sleeve translates the rotational motion into a vertical motion, changing the distance between the top and bottom heads. There may be an additional drive sleeve directly across from the initial drive sleeve, coupled via a drive shaft, to force the drum heads to move apart from each other in a substantially parallel manner. In a similar manner additional drive sleeves may be present to better keep the heads parallel. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100242707 | STRAINER AND SNARE DRUM - A strainer includes a strainer bodpy, a slider to which a cam follower is fixed, a holder to which snare wires are fixed, an operating lever, and a cam that is pivoted through operation of the operating lever. The slider is slid relative to the strainer body by pivoting the cam through operation of the operating lever so that the cam follower moves along the cam surface. The movement distance of the slider linearly changes with respect to an operation angle of the operating lever. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100313733 | SNARE TENSION DEVICE - The invention relates to a snare tension device for tensioning and releasing a snare wire. In the snare tension device a rotation movement of a rotation element is transferred to a pushing element by means of a transfer element. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110023686 | STRAINER, AND SNAPPY HOLDING STRUCTURE BY THE STRAINER - Intended is to provide a strainer having a switch mechanism, which is hardly rattled by a wear, which can be stably operated by a weak force, which does not load a snare assembly and which can maintain an excellent operation feel, and a snare assembly holding structure which has a reliable clamping force so that it can prevent the looseness of the snare assembly end portion. An operation lever is hinged on its base end side to a base body. A link is turnably connected on its one end side to the lower side portion of a snare assembly holding member, and is likewise turnably connected on its other end side to a midway position of the operation lever. When the operation lever turns upward, the snare assembly holding member is pulled upward through the link. When the operation lever turns downward, the snare assembly holding member is pushed downward. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110041670 | VERTICALLY ALIGNED DRUM SET - A drum assembly includes a first drum assembly positioned above a second drum assembly in a spaced apart relationship, where the bottom of the first drum assembly is positioned above the second drum assembly. Sound waves emanated from a playing surface of the first drum assembly impact a playing surface of the second drum assembly. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110100193 | SNARE STRAINER - A snare strainer adapted to a snare drum is equipped with two strainers, which are attached to the opposite positions on the circumferential exterior of a cylinder of the snare drum and which control a snappy member to be selectively brought into contact with or separated from the backside head opposite to the drumhead. Herein, a moving base vertically moves along a fixed base attached to the circumferential exterior of the cylinder; holding members, which are tightly joined together so as to hold the terminal of the snappy member, are supported by a support member fixed to the moving base. The holding members are engaged with the support member due to a magnetic attraction exerted by permanent magnets. This makes it possible for the person to detachably attach the holding members to the support member without using tools; hence, it is possible to improve the handling of the snare strainer. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110120286 | Adjusting device for snare drum - In combination with a snare drum having snare wires, a drum head and a side wall, slidable bands endwise connected with the wires, first adjustable mechanism connected with the band ends, and support by the wall, second adjustable mechanism connected with another band end, and supported by said wall, whereby adjustment of either or both of the mechanism tensions at least one band, and said snare wires. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120000341 | Adjustable Depth Snare Drum - A snare drum having four cylindrical members which nest within and are permanently attached to each other from the top shell of the drum. The top ends of the four cylindrical members are located adjacent to each other and the bottom ends of the third and fourth cylindrical members are located below the bottom ends of the first and second cylindrical members. A fifth cylindrical member slides axially along the lower end of the third cylindrical member. The top ends of the four cylindrical members are covered by a first drum head and the bottom ends of the third and fourth cylindrical members are covered by a second drum head. The four cylindrical members are the top shell for the drum and the fifth cylindrical member is the bottom shell for the drum. The distance between the first and second drum heads change as the fifth cylindrical member is manually moved axially along the third cylindrical member. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120000342 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - The present invention relates to a percussion instrument of the type consisting of a box composed of four walls ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120073420 | Rattle system for cajon - Wherein a cajon incorporating a rattle system is attached to the front panel of the cajon, provision is made that the rattle system give off a more desirable musical rattle or buzzing sound then any prior art as the cajon is played by a percussionist. With the rattle system mounted and in place, it's hollow body allows free moving glass beads to be set into motion creating a much desired audible response upon impact of the front face of the cajon. Further, this audible response is a controlled or gated response due to the way the glass beads travel up an incline within the rattle assembly and then return to their relative starting positions leaving no lingering rattle or buzzing sound. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20130112061 | SET OF SNARES FOR A DRUM - A set of snares for a drum comprising an elongated first wire with two ends to be placed at least in part against a surface of a head of the drum and a first and one second fastening means for fastening the set of snares to the snare drum, wherein the first end of the first wire is attached to the first fastening means and the second end of the first wire is attached to the second fastening means, wherein the first wire runs between the two fastening means, wherein the first wire is shaped such that, at least along a partial section of the first wire, it follows an envelope body, the outer dimensions of which in the assembled state of the set of snares on the drum vary in a plane extending from the first fastening means to the second fastening means and intersecting the surface of the head of the drum. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20140000436 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140026733 | SNARE DRUM - A snare drum | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140041508 | MULTI-TONAL BOX DRUM KIT - The present invention generally relates to cajón drums. Specifically, this invention relates to a multi-tonal box drum kit that provides a form factor that is easy and convenient to use while producing the tones and sounds of a full drum kit or some subset thereof. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140116229 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - A percussion instrument includes at least one pad and a support frame supporting the pad. The support frame includes a central vertical frame, a left vertical frame located in a left rear direction of the central vertical frame when viewed from the player side, a right vertical frame located in a right rear direction of the central vertical frame when viewed from the player side, a left transverse frame extending between the central vertical frame and the left vertical frame and connecting the central vertical frame with the left vertical frame, and a right transverse frame extending between the central vertical frame and the right vertical frame and connecting the central vertical frame with the right vertical frame. The at least one pad is connected with the central vertical frame. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20150348522 | ADAPTOR FOR DRUM - An adaptor for coupling to a drum having a drum head, shell, and rim, the rim having an outer diameter and configured to interface with a ring coupled to the drum head to hold the drum head in place on the shell, includes a monolithic body having a clip portion and an interface, the clip portion configured to extend around an outer section of the rim between a top surface of the drum head and a bottom portion of the rim, the clip portion having a clip end and the ring having an outer diameter, wherein the clip end is configured to extend to a position that is inward of the outer diameter of the ring when the clip portion is coupled to the drum; and wherein a substantial portion of the interface is configured to extend radially from the rim when the clip portion is coupled to the drum. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160042725 | SNARE STRUCTURE FOR A DRUM - A snare structure for a drum includes: a plurality of snare wires, a first fixing member and a second fixing member. Each of the snare wires includes a first end, an opposite second end, and a wire portion between the first and second ends. The first fixing member includes first fixing portion for fixing the first end of each of the snare wires, and a first covering portion which is formed on the first fixing portion by injection molding to cover the first end, the first covering portion includes a flat first end surface. The second fixing member includes a second fixing portion for fixing the second end of each of the snare wires, and a second covering portion which is formed on the second fixing portion by injection molding to cover the second end, and the second covering portion includes a flat second end surface. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160140939 | Strainer For A Snare Drum - A strainer is provided for a snare drum having a bottom drumhead. The strainer includes a snare assembly including a snare carrier and a plurality of snares coupled therewith. A throw-side component includes a bracket member releasably mounted to the snare drum and a slide member moveable relative to the bracket member and engaging the snare carrier. The slide member includes a slider handle fixed thereto and a locking toggle such that when the strainer is coupled to the snare drum, manual movement of the slider handle causes the snares to move toward the bottom drumhead, with the locking toggle being constructed and arranged to be 1) moved to a first, locking position engaging the bracket member so as to lock the slide member to the bracket member, and 2) moved to a second, release position releasing the slide member from engagement with the bracket member. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20180025709 | ADJUSTABLE DRUM SNARE AND TENSION ADJUSTMENT KIT | 01-25-2018 |
| 084416000 | Material | 1 |
| 20110308375 | MULTI-PANEL GLASS ACOUSTICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A multi-panel glass acoustic instrument is provided, wherein the body of the instrument includes a polygon made of flat pieces joined together. In one embodiment, the flat pieces are formed from glass. In a preferred embodiment, the instrument is a drum, wherein the drum shell is fabricated from a plurality of flat pieces of glass that are bonded together. The drum shell may include one or more rim caps for positioning between the edges of the glass panels and the drum head or heads. In a preferred embodiment, the instrument is a snare drum. The musical instruments of the present invention provide functional, audio, and aesthetic improvements over instruments known in the art. | 12-22-2011 |
| 084417000 | Inside | 3 |
| 20090266221 | SNARE MECHANISM FOR A SNARE DRUM - An internal mechanism for a musical instrument snare drum that supports the snares and allows adjustment of the snare strands in tension as well as relative position to the vibrating member or head of the drum is provided. The mechanism has a support beam that gives a stiffer and more stable base for increased accuracy of all adjustment. The support beam also provides increased guiding for the snare holders during the tension adjustment of the snares. The adjustment of the position of the snares in relation to the vibrating member or drum head is accomplished by deflecting the strands with a bridge like arrangement providing precise placement of the strands for optimum performance. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20150114206 | Snare Cajon Instrument - A snare cajón percussion instrument is disclosed. The instrument comprises a closed frame body having a plurality of sides, each side having a top portion, a bottom portion, an inner portion, and an outer portion. A rigid striking surface is securely affixed to the top portions of the plurality of sides. A snare apparatus having a brace, a fastener, and at least one snare element is securely attached to the inner portion of a first side of the frame body via the fastener and is configured to allow the snare element to alternatively contact and not contact the striking surface to produce a snare sound. The instrument may have a second striking surface that does not contact the snare apparatus and produces a cajón sound. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150317962 | THROW OFF FOR A SNARE DRUM - This disclosure is directed to a snare drum throw off comprising a base component with a cylindrical opening through its vertical axis and an angled opening along its side that connects to the cylindrical opening and comprises a lip. The snare drum throw off also comprises a cylindrical component partially disposed inside the cylindrical opening of the base component. The throw off also comprises a handle connected to the cylindrical component and protruding through the angled opening of the base component. At the bottom of the cylindrical component is a snare attachment component. As a user turns the handle of the cylindrical component upwards along the angled opening, the cylindrical component is drawn through the base component, thereby pulling the snare attachment component towards the base component. | 11-05-2015 |
