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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Pearl Musical Instrument Co., Chiba, JP;
Akito Takegawa, Chiba, JP;
Katsuhiro Momose, Chiba, JP;
Pearl Music Instrument Co., Chiba, JP;
Abstract
A snare assembly tensioning and locking mechanism for holding snare wires in either a contact or non-contact position against a bottom drum head of a snare drum. The mechanism uses a lever mounted horseshoe shaped clip including surface bumps or protrusions that, when the lever is in an upward and locked position, engage a set of complementary notches on a surrounding peripheral surface of a snare wire tension adjusting knob. In alternate embodiments, the locking lever may pivot toward the drum or in a direction tangential to the drum. In this manner, the snare wires are held in tension against inadvertent loosening of the tension adjusting knob while the drum is played.