Patent ID: 6107555
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A connecting adaptor for attaching a tool or the like to the outside of a musical instrument drum, the adaptor comprising:a first member includinga first seating plate at an orientation outward from the drum body, a first adjustment element receiver on the first seating plate, the first seating plate having a front edge toward the drum body;a first front plate attached to the first seating plate and extending up therefrom; a first opening through the front plate defined by a first vertically oriented edge at the front of the first seating plate and extending across the first opening; a first upper drum engaging part at the top of the first front plate for engaging a part of the drum from above the front plate having a rear side;a second member includinga second seating plate disposed above the first seating plate;an adjustment device between the first and second seating plates for selectively moving the first and second seating plates apart or permitting them to be moved toward each other;a hanging part hanging from the second seating plate and shaped for passing through the first opening so that the hanging part in the first opening depends beneath the first seating plate; the hanging part having a rear surface engageable with the first edge in the first opening of the first member; a second lower drum engaging part on the hanging part which is engageable with a part of the drum from below;a side plate at least one of the sides of the hanging part and positioned for engaging the rear side of the front plate in a freely sliding manner so that the first and second members are guided for sliding vertically with respect to each other and prevented from sliding forwardly and rearwardly relative to each other;whereby with the hanging part in the first opening, the rear of the hanging part engages the vertical edge of the first opening, and the side plate engages the rear side of the front seat plate; the adjustment device being operable for moving the first and second seating plates apart for causing the upper engaging part of the first member and the lower engaging part of the second member to move toward each to engage the part of the drum for fixing the adaptor to the drum.