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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Drum Workshop, Inc., Oxnard, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rich Sikra, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Drum Workshop, Inc., Oxnard, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 13/18 (2020.01); G10D 13/02 (2020.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 13/18 (2020.02); G10D 13/02 (2013.01); H01F 7/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are percussion instruments and drums, such as snare drums. The drums include a throw-off device with a handle attached to a mount, which itself can be attached to a drum sidewall. One of the handle and the mount includes a magnet while the other includes a magnetic portion for magnetic engagement with the magnet. The magnetic engagement can be used to bias the handle toward or into a desired position.