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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:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard D Simons, Garfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Latin Percussion, Inc., Garfield, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84413 ;
Abstract
An integral drum head assembly including a drum head frame, a skin adapted to be positioned about the frame, a mount for mounting the skin firmly to the frame, and a tensioning device for tensioning the skin. The skin tensioning device has a surface for pressing against the skin, and has an adjuster for moving the tensioning device surface relative to the frame.