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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuo Yanagisawa, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Pearl Musical Instrument Co., Chiba, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
844221 ;
Abstract
An improved foot pedal features a moveable heel piece and footboard with fore and aft motion along the pedal's base plate. By sliding the heel piece and footboard, the position of the top of the footboard can be changed in relation to the position of the pedal's wheel section, in turn changing the pulling direction of the chain which links the top of the footboard with the wheel section. By altering the pulling direction of the chain, the feel and action of the pedal is made relatively lighter or heavier allowing the drummer to customize the performance characteristics of the pedal beyond the typical range of the pedal adjustments.