Patent ID: 7956269
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A pedal assembly for a percussion instrument, comprising: a base plate; two rack poles, extending upward from the base plate; a pedal, having a pivoting end and a connecting end, the pivoting end being pivoted to the base plate; an axle member, comprising a first sleeve, an axial unit and two first bearings, the first sleeve and the axial unit being coaxial, a first axial bore being defined in the first sleeve, the axial unit having a first connecting section and an extending section, the first connecting section being received in the first axial bore, the first bearings being disposed between the first sleeve and the axial unit, the axial unit being rotatable independent from the first sleeve, the first sleeve being rotatably supported by one of the rack poles, the axial unit being rotatably supported by the other one of the rack poles; a transmission member, connecting the pivoting end to the first sleeve or the axial unit, whereby the first sleeve or the axial unit which is connected by the transmission member rotates when the pedal pivots.