Patent ID: 8058541
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A percussion accessory for attachment to a drumstick having a striking tip at one free end and a butt at an opposing free end, a tapered shoulder proximate to said striking tip and a substantially uniform shaft between the tapered shoulder and the butt end, the accessory comprising: a pair of generally symmetrical support members defining a parting plane and forming an elongate channel defining an axis and arranged on opposite sides of said parting plane, said elongate channel having a dimension along a direction generally normal to said axis that is adjustable from a first dimension less than the maximum cross-sectional dimension of the shaft to a second dimension that is at least equal to the maximum cross-sectional dimension of the shaft; biasing means for drawing said support members towards each other and towards said axis to normally reduce said channel dimension to said first dimension; and sound producing members mounted on at least one of said support members, whereby the percussion accessory can be mounted on a shaft of a drumstick by inserting the drumstick through said channel along said axis and urging said support members to radially separate against the action of said biasing means and causing the percussion accessory to frictionally engage the surface of the drumstick as a result of restoring forces in said biasing means to thereby reliably secure the accessory to the drumstick and provide additional sounds when the drumstick is struck against a surface.