Carrier assembly for percussion instruments
First Claim
1. Supporting hardware, for an array of drums secured together as a group for use with an external support having J-rods supported thereon, comprising:
- supporting means operable to be secured to at least two separate drums of said group of drums for supporting the same, a supporting back bar member, a pair of receptacle members on said back bar member, each having a recess for receiving the ends of J-rods on said external support for supporting said array of drums, a pivot connection between the ends of said back bar member and said supporting means for pivotal movement therebetween, and said supporting means being movable toward and away from said back bar member to vary the position of said drum array.
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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 pedestal 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 supporting hardware installed on the drum. A hinged support for one or more drums having means for adjusting the position of a drum to a fixed support or drum carrier. The hinged support may be for an array of drums having means for adjusting the position of the drum array pivotally and inwardly and outwardly relative to fixed drums. The hinged support may include J-rod supports. The hinged support includes a back bar and drums are adjustably supported thereon and J-rod supports are adjustably supported on the back bar. The back bar may be adjustable in length for adjusting the location of drums supported thereon. The hardware may have means for pivotally adjusting the position of one drum in a drum array relative to another.
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21 Claims
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1. Supporting hardware, for an array of drums secured together as a group for use with an external support having J-rods supported thereon, comprising:
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supporting means operable to be secured to at least two separate drums of said group of drums for supporting the same, a supporting back bar member, a pair of receptacle members on said back bar member, each having a recess for receiving the ends of J-rods on said external support for supporting said array of drums, a pivot connection between the ends of said back bar member and said supporting means for pivotal movement therebetween, and said supporting means being movable toward and away from said back bar member to vary the position of said drum array. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In combination, supporting hardware, for an array of drums secured together as a group for use with an external support having J-rods supported thereon, comprising:
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supporting means secured to at least two separate drums of said group of drums for supporting the same, a supporting back bar member, at least one drum supported on said back bar, a pair of receptacle members on said back bar member, each having a recess for receiving the ends of J-rods on said external support for supporting said array of drums, a pivot connection between the ends of said back bar member and said supporting means for pivotal movement therebetween, and said supporting means being movable toward and away from said back bar member to vary the position of said drum array. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Supporting hardware, for drums having a drum shell, a pair of drum heads and drum hoops, for supporting such drum on an external support, comprising:
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a hinge comprising a fixed hinge plate, a pair of movable hinge plates and a hinge pin interconnecting the same for pivotal movement, said movable hinge plates having means for connection to an external support for supporting the drum clamped on said one hinge plate, and said fixed hinge plate including means for supporting rods on said drum. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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Specification
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Current AssigneeRandall May International Incorporated
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Original AssigneeRandall May International Incorporated
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InventorsMay, Randall L.
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Granted Patent
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Time in Patent OfficeDays
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Field of Search
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US Class Current84/421
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CPC Class CodesG10D 13/00 Percussion musical instrume...G10D 13/02 Drums; Tambourines with dru...G10D 13/28 Mountings or supports for i...G10G 5/005 while playing, e.g. cord, s...
