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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6593515 | Reinforcing structure for the neck portion of stringed instrument A stringed instrument has a body, a longitudinal neck attached to the body and extending therefrom, and strings extending between the body and a free head end of the neck, the strings attached so that they generate a tensile force tending to deform the ne... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6552252 | Tremolo for stringed musical instruments A swingable tremolo for a string instrument. A tremolo block connected with the tremolo body is in turn connected through a link with a sliding block on the bottom of the instrument. A first spring urges the sliding block against the tensile force of the ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6534698 | Snare strainer for a snare drum To adjust the tension on the snare of a drum head, one end of the snare is supported to an adjustment device, including a base on the drum trunk, a slide guided for movement vertically along the base and the snare is attached to the movable slide. First a... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6454483 | Pipe link with expandable bushing A pipe linkage between a larger diameter pipe and a smaller diameter pipe installed in the larger pipe. A compressible bush at the inserted end of the smaller pipe is compressed by a bolt and swollen to adhere in the smaller pipe and a larger diameter exp... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6384308 | Holding structure for a snare drum To prevent the holding arms on a snare drum holder from interfering with either lug bolts on the side of a drum body or a snappy connected below the drum body, there are three snare drum support arms which extend from an upper annular member and are space... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6312184 | Pipe connector To connect a large and a small diameter pipe, a pipe connector has a tightening bush with a cut through it and is compressed around the pipe and has a main body with a receptacle for the tightening bush. The tightening bush has first axial ribs on a circu... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6307135 | Support leg of a bass drum A support leg for a base drum including a base fastened to the drum body, an inside member rotatably positionable with respect to the base, an outside member pivoted to the inside member the inside and outside members being clampable together to clamp a l... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6259012 | Structure for confirming the adjusted position of a drum pedal A structure for confirming the adjusted position of a drum pedal, wherein the drum pedal includes a support for a beater rotary shaft, a beater on the rotary shaft and a pedal connected by a sprocket and chain to rotate the shaft. A cam fixed on the protr... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6198036 | Electric guitar tremolo bridge piezo pickup An electric guitar which is equipped with a piezo pickup wherein the lengths of the strings are not changed by the rotation of the main saddle body in connection with fine tuning and during tremolo performance. The electric guitar has a piezo pickup and h... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6193315 | Backrest structure of a chair, particularly a drum chair A backrest for a chair, particularly a drum performance chair, which backrest can be adjusted both in height and in tilt angle with respect to the seat. The backrest has two upright arms. A base body is fixed to the chair seat. The base body has an upstan... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6107555 | Tool connecting adaptor for the drum An adaptor for attaching a tool to a drum hoop. A first member that comprises a first horizontal seating plate, a vertical front plate and an upper engaging part at the top of the front plate extending forward of the seating plate and toward the drum. An ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6011208 | Drum hoop holding device for a drum pedal The invention relates to a drum hoop holding device for a drum pedal, and the drum pedal includes a pivotal pedal plate. The holding device includes a hoop clamp body with a front part that supports a jaw that clamps the drum hoop against a support base o... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5994635 | Connecting structure for the separable part of a dual drum pedal A connecting structure for connecting an inner and an outer rod wherein at least one and more typically two screws at circumferentially spaced apart locations attach the inner and outer rods. An elastic seating plate has an insertion opening in from one s... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5990400 | Connection between the pedal and heel plates of a foot pedal A connection between a pivotable pedal plate of a foot pedal for operating a drum, cymbal, or the like instrument and a relatively stationary heel plate. The pivot connection includes an axle that extends through flanges projecting rearwardly from the ped... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5945616 | Ground support for high hat stand A high hat stand has a lower support pipe and an upper pipe above the lower pipe and to which a fixed cymbal is attached. An upper movable cymbal is relatively movable with respect to the lower cymbal by an operating shaft that passes through the lower su... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5842742 | Mechanism for preventing the shaking of a drum chair A chair including a mechanism for preventing shaking of the chair due to vibration of a drum performance, or the like. The chair seat is attached to an upper support post by a holder that clamps around the upper support post. The holder includes two oppos... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5785287 | Tip part of a support leg for a chair, or the like A tip part for a support leg of a chair or the like. The support leg having a pair of leg members. A leg tip piece is sandwiched between the leg members with the leg members seated in concave recesses in the tip piece. A stay extends into a groove in the ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5739447 | Attachment and detachment of a weight to a boom cymbal stand An attachment and detachment mechanism for a weight held on the boom rod of a boom cymbal stand. The weight has a hole in one side over which a cover is installed and there is an aligned hole in the cover. A spring operated boom rod installation and detac... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5722627 | Mechanism for adjusting the height of a drum chair or the like chair A chair height adjusting mechanism including an externally threaded upper support supporting a chair seat, a tubular lower support into and out of which the upper support is movable. An internally threaded rotatable member rotatable up and down along the ... | 03/03/1998 |
