Patent ID: 6307133
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A device for dampening sounds produced by a drumhead of a musical drum having a drum shell and a counterhoop, comprisinga means to mount said device an said counterhoopa first supporting arm member affixed to said mounting meansa second supporting arm member affixed to said first supporting arm member in rotatable relation therewitha casing member attached to an end of said second supporting arm member, said casing member having an upper end and a lower end and an aperture therethrough extending from said lower end to said upper enda plunger arm slidably disposed through said aperture having a first portion extending above said upper end of said casing member and a second portion extending below the lower end of said casing membera plunger head attached to said plunger arma first retainer means affixed to said first portion of said plunger arm and a second retainer means affixed to said second portion of said plunger arm, said first and second retainer means being positionally slidable along the respective portions of said plunger arm to which said first and second retainer means are affixed to enable said first retainer means to incrementally adjust the pressure applied by said plunger head upon the drumhead and said second retaining means to adjust the time interval the plunger head exists off the drumhead in response to an object striking the drumhead surface.