Patent ID: 7462771

Claim:
An adapter for mounting an aftermarket snare drum strainer and to the shell of a snare drum, said snare drum having a plurality of original drum strainer mounting holes formed in said shell according to a first spacing, said aftermarket snare drum strainer having a plurality of mounting holes according to a second spacing, where holes in said first spacing holes in said second spacing do not mechanically align, said adapter comprising: an adapter plate having: at least one common hole formed in said adapter plate in alignment with both said first spacing and said second spacing; one or more strainer-to-adapter mounting holes formed in said adapter plate in alignment with said aftermarket snare drum strainer according to said second spacing, at least one of said strainer mounting holes being countersunk to allow receipt of a fastener head to avoid interference with said snare drum shell; one or more shell-to-adapter mounting holes formed in said adapter plate in alignment with said original drum strainer mounting holes according to said first spacing; and an isolation pad configured to mount between said adapter plate and said shell to minimize surface marring; one or more fasteners received in said strainer-to-adapter mounting holes affixing an aftermarket snare drum strainer to said adapter plate; one or more fasteners received in said shell-to-adapter mounting holes affixing a snare drum shell to said adapter plate; and at least one fastener received through said common hole affixing said aftermarket snare drum strainer to said adapter plate and further to said shell.