Patent ID: 8969697
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A heel driven pedal apparatus for operation by a musician's foot while playing a percussion instrument, said pedal apparatus comprising: a base member; a footboard having a front end and an opposed rear end, said footboard being pivotally coupled to said base member with at least one pivot member such that said footboard is pivotally movable between a released configuration at which said rear end of said footboard is displaced from said base member and a compressed configuration at which said rear end of said footboard is adjacent said base member; a pivoting shaft; a linkage assembly having a two-ended rocker arm rocking about said pivoting shaft, a first end of said rocker arm being coupled to said front end of said footboard; a spindle shaft having a proximal end and an opposed distal end, said proximal end being coupled to a second end of said rocker arm of said linkage assembly; and a beater head coupled to said distal end of said spindle shaft; wherein said linkage assembly and said spindle shaft are configured to move said beater head towards the percussion instrument when said footboard is moved towards the compressed configuration and away from the percussion instrument when said footboard is moved towards the released configuration.