Patent ID: 7351899

Claim:
A musical drum lug for engaging a stop assembly adjustably engaged with a tension link when the other end of the tension link is anchored to a drum head, the stop assembly having generally oppositely facing tightening surfaces separated by a first distance, comprising: a three dimensional lug body having a top facing a first direction and a side facing a second direction different from said first direction; a recess formed as a longitudinally extending hollow portion in said lug body for accommodating the stop assembly; a first opening in said top extending from said recess and having a first width smaller than the first distance; said recess in said lug body bounded toward said top by a seating surface disposed generally transverse to said first opening; a second opening in said side extending from said recess and having a second width larger than both said first width and the first distance; said second opening spaced from said seating surface; said lug body having a plurality of engagement surfaces disposed generally transverse to said seating surface and proximate said second opening; said engagement surfaces further disposed to constrain rotation of said stop assembly by engaging the tightening surfaces when said stop assembly is positioned too shallowly on the tension link for the stop assembly to enter the lug recess, but is disposed at least partially in said second opening.