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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Christopher J. Kennedy, Apex, NC (US);
Christopher J. Kennedy, Apex, NC (US);
Think Peak, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods of attaching a drum head to a drum body. Lug assemblies may include a lug body having a recess and a seating surface; an elongate link having a proximate end disposed near the drum head and a distal end disposed away from the drum head. A stop assembly is adjustably coupled to the link. The stop assembly constrains the link distal end from movement toward the drum head when the stop assembly engages the link and bears against the seating surface. Engagement surfaces constrain rotation of the stop assembly and thereby allow the stop assembly to be loosened, i.e., moved toward the link distal end, when the stop assembly is too shallowly disposed on the link. The stop assembly may be inserted into the recess from a direction that is generally tangential to a periphery of the drum body.