Carrier assembly for percussion instruments
First Claim
1. Supporting hardware, for drums having a drum shell, a pair of drum heads and drum hoops and tension rods extending between and secured to the drum hoops, for supporting such drum on an external support, comprising:
- a hinge comprising a pair of hinge plates and a hinge pin interconnecting the same for pivotal movement,one of said hinge plates including clamp means for clamping at least two of the drum tension rods for supporting the drums, andanother of said hinge plates having means for connection to an external support for supporting the drum clamped on said one hinge plate.
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Abstract
Novel hardware is disclosed for supporting drums. The hardware is of a hinged construction and has one part of the hinge connectable to an external support, e.g., J-rods on a fixed support or a marching drum carrier, and another part of the hinge connectable to the shell of a drum or to the tension rods on a drum or to other hardware on the drum. The drum hardware and drum secured thereon is preferably supported on a vest type carrier or a T-bar carrier having a plurality of separate parts removable from each other and formed of a rigid light metal such as magnesium. aluminum or titanium. Special padding is provided on the shoulder straps, belly plate portion and other parts where cushioning is needed. One embodiment is universally adjustable. Some of the vests or T-bar carriers have cymbal supporting hardware adjustable carried on a fluted, vertically oriented tube. Special hardware is shown for supporting cymbals.
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1. Supporting hardware, for drums having a drum shell, a pair of drum heads and drum hoops and tension rods extending between and secured to the drum hoops, for supporting such drum on an external support, comprising:
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a hinge comprising a pair of hinge plates and a hinge pin interconnecting the same for pivotal movement, one of said hinge plates including clamp means for clamping at least two of the drum tension rods for supporting the drums, and another of said hinge plates having means for connection to an external support for supporting the drum clamped on said one hinge plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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