Patent Publication Number: US-2013228061-A1

Title: Blink A Beat

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The field of endeavor for this is drum instruction. It allows the users to learn the drums. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The Blink a Beat is an electronic device that teaches people how to play drums. It has drum rudiments along with drum beats. It also teaches real songs to the users. It does this by using LED&#39;s to tell the user when and which drum to hit. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING 
       Where there are drawings, you must include a listing of all figures by number (e.g.,  FIG. 1A ) and with corresponding statements explaining what each figure depicts. 
         FIG. 1A  shows the top view of Blink A Beat, you can see from the top that it is a box with a key pad mounted on top. It also has wires coming out of the box that are hooked up to LED lights that are mounted on clamps. 
         FIG. 2A  Shows the side view of Blink A Beat, you can see from the side that it is a box. It also has wires coming out of the box that are hooked up to LED lights that are mounted on clamps. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The Blink a Beat is a device that uses a computer processor to run a program that makes LED&#39;s blink to a beat. This allows the users to follow the beat and learn how to play the beat or rudiment. Doing so will have the person playing real drums. The LED&#39;s attach to the drum and has wires that run to the central control. 
     The process of making the Blink a Beat is that as follows. I took a Cubloc cusb-14r device that has the power input, the outputs, relays, baseboards, and processor. Then wrote I the computer program in Visual Basic. After the program was written I then took LED&#39;s and inserted them into their holds. I then ran wires from them to each output on the cusb-r14. I then drilled holes into the mounting clamps to hold the lights. I then took the device and mounted it in to a metal box. This acts as a storage device for the Blink a Beat while also keeping it all the wire connections enclosed and safe.