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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:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne Cohen, Bangkok, TH;
Donald Kralik, Hewitt, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 1/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 1/308 ;
Abstract
A musical shaker instrument has a shaped shell and pellets enclosed therein. The shell has two parts. A first large shell part (,) includes an exterior surface forming a first end portion and a central portion. The first part truncates at a second end portion of the shell and includes an opening (,) in the truncated end portion. The second small shell part (,) has a cap member (,) for closing opening in the first large shell part. The first and second shell parts are joined together by an internal joint which is not exposed to the external surface of the shell. In a second embodiment, the second shell part forms a handle.