Patent ID: 6963023

Claim:
A retaining device for a drum stand, the retaining device comprising: a top clamping seat adapted to be securely mounted on a distal end of the drum stand and having arms divergently extending out of the top clamping seat and each arm provided with a claw adjustably connected to the arm wherein each arm has cutouts defined in a side face of the arm and the each claw is hollow and has a pin extending through opposite sides of the claw such that the claw is able to encase therein a corresponding one of the arms and thus the pin is able to be received in a corresponding one of the cutouts; a bottom seat adapted to be slidably mounted on the drum stand and having linkages pivotally extending upward to pivotally connect to mediate portions of the arms; and an adjusting ring adapted to be threadingly connected to the drum stand to abut a side face of the bottom seat to cause the bottom seat to move, whereby movement of the bottom seat is able to initiate movement of the top clamping seat and thus the claws are able to clamp a drum seated on the drum stand and the adjustability of the claws relative to the arms allows the retaining device to clamp drums of different sizes.