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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:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Simons, Garfield, NJ (US);
Donald Kralik, Hewitt, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Latin Percussion, Inc., Garfield, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84402 ; 84410 ;
Abstract
An idiophone musical instrument has at least one agogo bell and a handle or bracket. The bell has an oval, elliptical or rounded shape with a pair of opposed slits, and is formed of plastic. A mounting construction for the bell includes a multisided aperture formed in the bell's body and a mating multisided stem extending from the handle or bracket. The mounting construction prevents twisting even during playing, and permits a choice of different physical orientations of playing positions of the bell.