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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:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A. Gatzen, Newington, CT (US);
Assignee:
J. D'Addario & Co., Inc., Farmingdale, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 1/302 ;
Abstract
A vibration damping device for a drum includes a drumhead contact adapted to be releasably fixed to a drumhead of the drum and a strap releasably connected between the contact and a drumhead hold-down hoop for forming a drum vibration bridge between the drumhead and the hold-down hoop. The strap has a hoop attachment end and a contact attachment end opposite the hoop attachment end. The hoop attachment end is adapted to be fixed to the drumhead hold-down hoop of the drum, while the contact attachment end is adapted to be releasably connected to the contact.