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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. 04, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuo Yanagisawa, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Pearl Musical Instrument Co., Chiba, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84415 ;
Abstract
An improved strainer that has click stops in between the fully on and fully off settings allowing the artist to instantly change the tension of the snares by simply moving the lever to the desired click stop. Without having to manipulate the cumbersome tension knob, the artist is free to instantly choose between relatively loose, medium and tight settings of the snares.