Patent ID: 9318083
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G10D

Claim Text:
1. A drumstick comprises: a tip, a shaft, and a butt; a plurality of receptacles; a plurality of weighted inserts; the shaft comprises a lateral surface; the tip being adjacently connected to the shaft; the butt being adjacently connected to the shaft, opposite the tip; the plurality of receptacles being positioned in the drumstick; and a selected number of weighted inserts being positioned in the plurality of receptacles; a primary fulcrum groove comprises a primary oval-shaped cavity and integrated into the shaft; the primary fulcrum groove configured to accept a finger inserted thereto; the primary fulcrum groove traverses perpendicularly into the lateral surface; a secondary fulcrum groove comprises a secondary oval-shaped cavity and integrated into the shaft; the secondary fulcrum groove positioned at a pivot point of the drumstick; the secondary fulcrum groove being positioned opposite the primary fulcrum groove around the lateral surface; the secondary fulcrum groove traverses perpendicularly into the lateral surface; and the primary fulcrum groove being linearly aligned with the plurality of weighted inserts along a length of the shaft.