Class 84/411P - Practice Pads

Subclass of Class 84 - Music
No. of patents: 41
Last issue date: 04/03/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8148617	Drum pad and manufacturing method thereof A drum pad capable of providing an excellent percussion feeling and securely adhering a base portion to a body portion made of rubber. The drum pad has a rear-side clothlike material which is provided on a rear surface of the body portion and into which the rubber o...	04/03/2012
7985908	Practice drum pad assembly and rim therefor A rim for a drum pad assembly comprises a rim member defining an inner portion, a rim portion, an outer portion, a transition portion, and an edge portion. The inner portion is connected to the rim portion. The rim portion is connected to the outer portion. The oute...	07/26/2011
7723593	Reversable drum practice pads This invention is a reversible practice pad for drum practice. The reversible practice pad includes a planar base having at least one sloping base-riser projecting upwardly therefrom. Each base-riser includes a first part of a two-part fastening material affixed to ...	05/25/2010
7638701	Musical drum practice pads An apparatus for simulating the playing surface response characteristics of conventional percussion instruments, including one or more metal base members and one or more corresponding percussion pad members with a magnetized pad for magnetic coupling with a metal ba...	12/29/2009
7514617	Practice drumhead assembly A practice drumhead assembly including a mesh membrane held in substantially fixed relation to an acoustic membrane. The assembly preferably includes an annular tensioning ring for tensioning the mesh membrane, and an engagement member for substantially fixing the m...	04/07/2009
7498500	Drumhead assembly with improved rebound A drumhead comprising a mesh membrane having a bottom surface and a damper contacting at least a portion of the bottom surface for improved rebound. Also, a practice drumhead assembly including the mesh membrane with a damper in contact with at least a portion of th...	03/03/2009
7439432	Pad for electronic drum and electronic drum An electronic drum comprises a pad comprising a body portion made of a polymeric elastic material such as a rubber or a thermoplastic elastomer, and a surface layer portion which is bonded with the body portion so as to cover the body portion, the surface layer port...	10/21/2008
7351898	Color-guiding music teaching system including practice pad, pitch plates, percussion targets & lesson book assembly and method A Color-guiding Music Teaching System including practice pad, pitch plates, percussion targets & lesson book assembly and method is disclosed. The teaching method enables young students to learn music much faster than before by creating an association between musica...	04/01/2008
7294778	Percussion instrument, system, and method with closing position detection An electronic percussion instrument includes input means, correction information storage means, and musical tone generation means. The input means allows for vibration information, which expresses a vibration of an operator, position information, which expresses a p...	11/13/2007
7202406	System and method for teaching drummers The invention is a system and method for teaching how to play multi-component percussion equipment. The inventive method includes the steps of attaching respective indicators, each bearing a distinct color, to each respective component of the percussion equipment, a...	04/10/2007
7179985	Hybrid electric/acoustic percussion instrument A hybrid electric/acoustic percussion instrument and percussion set containing the instrument. The instrument includes a hollow cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end and an inside cylindrical surface. A first substantially rigid plate having an outsi...	02/20/2007
7135630	Durable percussion pad effective against noise, silent percussion instrument, silent percussion instrument set and electronic percussion system A drum head is broken down into a head body, which in turn is broken down into a solid portion and an accumulating portion, and a rigid base plate; the solid portion offers a beaten surface to a drummer, and the accumulating portion or an array of pillars and the ba...	11/14/2006
7074994	Tunable drumhead An improved drumhead comprising a substantially annular hoop having a generally planar upper member spaced apart from a generally planar lower member, a circumferential inner rim and a circumferential outer rim. Also provided is a film material or membrane for const...	07/11/2006
7030305	Electronic synthesized steelpan drum An electronic synthesized steelpan drum resembling a conventional steelpan drum and featuring the same shallow cylindrical shape with a sunken concave playing surface. The steelpan drum includes a central processor chip and associated memory chips for providing a va...	04/18/2006
6891097	Damping element A pillow-shaped damping element to be located in an interior of a percussion instrument includes upper and bottom sides, a filling material having sound-absorbing characteristics and located between the upper and bottom sides, and a holder for a microphone provided ...	05/10/2005
6828494	Rubber pad for electronic percussion instrument and manufacturing method therefor A rubber pad for an electronic percussion instrument is produced by integrally forming together a pad portion (including a striking surface) and a rim portion, which are colored differently in two-colored formation. In manufacture, the rubber pad is produced by a si...	12/07/2004
6596933	Percussion instrument mounting apparatus A percussion instrument mounting system comprising a connector means preferably and elastically flexible cord or plurality of cords, each having a first end attached to a percussion instrument such as a woodblock, and a second end attaching to a vibration...	07/22/2003
6586664	Drum muting system A drum muting system is provided to be removably mounted on a drum which muffles the natural sound produced by the drum, thereby allowing the tone of the drum to be controlled. The drum muting system includes an outer frame, a muting element, an inner mut...	07/01/2003
6362407	Drum practice pads and drum pad musical instruments A drum practice pad comprised of a flat circular piece of hard material having a flat circular piece of resilient material bonded to the upper surface thereof, the piece of resilient material having a diameter which is less than the diameter of the piece ...	03/26/2002
6291754	Externally mounted adjustable damping system for drum head An externally mounted adjustable damping system for drumhead allows the sound characteristics of a drum to be easily adjusted without disassembly of the instrument. The externally mounted adjustable damping system includes a mounting fixture adhesively at...	09/18/2001
6291753	Marching snare drumhead patch A drumhead patch particularly adapted for use on snare drums used in marching bands consists of a plastic layer adhered to a section of the playing surface of the snare drumhead membrane. A first portion of the patch defines a series of openings while a s...	09/18/2001
6284959	Practice percussion assembly A practice percussion assembly in the form of a practice drum kit is provided. The assembly includes a main member having a main surface made of a first percussion material and at least one subordinate, preferably smaller, member having a subordinate surf...	09/04/2001
6239340	Snare drum simulator practice pad Disclosed is a novel apparatus for the practice of use and simulation of a snare drum. The present invention provides a practice drumming pad that can reproduce the sound and feel of a snare drum, thereby allowing the user to practice proper rhythm and te...	05/29/2001
6175068	Drumhead A head of a drum or similar kind of musical instrument comprising a synthetic plastic sheet material containing surfaces with variegated color shadings to give the texture and appearance of a natural animal skin. A method of manufacture of the improved dr...	01/16/2001
6063992	Practice drumming pad A practice drumming provides generally quieter, silent drumming practice for a drummer in combination with a realistic drumkit depiction for better visual cuing and development of muscle memory. The drum pad is constructed of shock absorbing material to d...	05/16/2000
5998716	Impact resistant marching tom tom drum head A drumhead particularly adapted for use on tom tom drums used in marching bands has an impact resistant protective overlay located asymmetrically on a tone producing membrane. The protective overlay has a generally symmetrical ovoidal shape, and is locate...	12/07/1999
5932823	Drum practice pad and method of production A drummer's practice pad and method for production thereof. The practice pad very closely simulates an actual drum head (the striking surface is as close to actual drumskin as possible), and this allows more efficient practice in the following areas: stic...	08/03/1999
5929354	One-piece drum practice pad and method of practicing drumming A one-piece, silicone rubber drum practice pad and method of practicing drumming. Silicone of the VMQ family and having a durometer of approximately 40 and tensile strength of approximately 1000 is molded into a flat pad approximately 6 inches square, 1/1...	07/27/1999
5892169	Music drum mute device A mute device for use with music drums including tom-toms, snares, and the like. The device includes a drum stick strike plate, and at least one sound post projecting from the strike plate. The sound post contacts the drum skin at a location where the ski...	04/06/1999
5854436	Percussion pads A percussion pad includes an upper surface 28 that may be struck to activate the pad and a lower surface 18 on which is mounted a sensor 20 for detecting when the upper surface 28 is struck. An enclosed cavity 24 is located above the region of the lower s...	12/29/1998
5744737	Muscle control development system and kit therefor A muscle control development system for developing selected hand, wrist and arm muscles of a user includes first and second rimless pads formed of a resilient, elastically deformable material. The first pad is a pancake pad having a relatively thin profil...	04/28/1998
5520090	Drumming practice set A drumming practice set (10) consisting of a combination drumstick practice pad (12) and a pair of practice drumsticks (40). When used together, a percussionist in pursuit of evenness and control, can achieve optimum results in the shortest time. The drum...	05/28/1996
5492047	Sound muffling, tone maintaining drum practice apparatus A removable practice apparatus for musical instruments, namely, a drum is provided and more particularly to a removable drumhead noise reducer having a double sided drumhead construction with a sound absorber therein, for positioning upon an existing drum...	02/20/1996
4817489	Training device for percussion musicians A training and device for a percussion instrument comprising a guide means of at least one ramp forming a slide guide attached to the percussion instrument. The ramp guides the musician's sticks in a sliding movement to and from the diaphragm of the percu...	04/04/1989
4589323	Drum muffler This invention relates to a sound altering device for a drum comprising a shell, head fastening means and a head with a playing surface and a rim. The sound altering means comprising a circular base with at least one aperture, and a rim mounting means int...	05/20/1986
4581973	Pad with drumhead for electronic drum A pad for an electronic drum has a vibration responsive plate that is mounted on a cushion and has on its upper surface a relatively thin buffer pad, the plate having cushioning means on its outer edge between it and peripheral supporting structure, and a...	04/15/1986
4581972	Pad for electronic drum A pad for an electronic drum has a vibration responsive plate that is mounted on a cushion and has on its upper surface a relatively thin buffer pad, the plate having cushioning means on its outer edge between it and peripheral supporting structure, so th...	04/15/1986
4557176	Practice drumstick A drumstick having an elongated, hollow, non-tapered body portion with a closed, rounded striking tip at one end and an open, non-tipped portion at the opposite end. The manner of practice playing is the same as that used in conventional live performance ...	12/10/1985
4469004	Bass drum used for training purposes A training bass drum has a length significantly larger than those of conventional training bass drum so that it generates musical tones with sufficient noise control but attains ample bass range effect. The resultant elongated internal space is advantageo...	09/04/1984
4406207	Percussion practice pad A percussion practice pad is formed of a panel supporting a layer of material for intercepting blows of drum sticks and for muting sounds produced by the striking of the drum sticks. The panel which serves as a base for resisting forces of the drum sticks...	09/27/1983

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