Patent ID: 7074994
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A drumhead comprising: a frame member having a generally planar upper member and a generally planar lower member parallel to and spaced apart from said planar upper member, an inner rim and an outer rim; a material for constituting a drumming surface extending flat across the area defined within said inner rim, said material for constituting a drumming surface having a rim portion integrally formed therewith, including a generally vertically continuous wall flowing from said drumming surface, and a shoulder member formed below said rim portion and in conjunction with said wall, which includes a base portion, wherein said wall at its base portion extends flat across the area defined between said inner rim and said outer rim to maximize the surface to surface contact between said material constituting a drumming surface and said planar upper member and said planar lower member and ensure that said material constituting a drumming surface is fixably secured; and a means to secure said material constituting a drumming surface between said planar upper member and said planar lower member of said frame member.