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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuo Yanagisawa, Yachio, JP;
Assignee:
Pearl Musical Instrument Co., Yachio, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84415 ;
Abstract
A snare drum design attaches snare string(s) in a manner to protect the snare string(s) from damage at the snare gate. More particularly, the snare drum design prolongs the useful life of snare strings by providing a friction resistance member along an inner periphery of a snare gate formed in the snare rim.