Patent ID: 6043420
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A drum muffle in combination with a bass drum having a cylindrical shell with spaced open ends and drum heads extending across and closing said open ends, a pillow muffle disposed interiorly of the shell comprising, an ovoid, approximately rectangular muffle pillow fixed to the forward face of a complemental, vertically disposed, horizontally-extending muffle plate of like configuration, means mounting the pillow muffle for free swinging movement relative to the shell comprising, a pair of spaced, vertically oriented hanger bars secured to the forward face of the mounting plate,the hanger bars being fixed at one end to a rod-like cross bar which extends horizontally across the shell and is journalled at its opposite ends in openings provided in the shell, and activating means operatively connected to the pillow muffle for effecting free swinging movement of the pillow muffle into and out of contact with one of the drum heads when actuated by a drummer for selectively muffling or dampening sound when the drum head is struck, the activating means being a lever attached to the cross bar and extending through and movable relative to the shell, the lever having a handle disposed exteriorly of the shell adapted to be grasped by a drummer for selectively moving the pillow muffle.