Patent ID: 8198522

Claim:
A hi-hat musical device, said device comprising: (a) a foot pedal, a motion reversal means, and a hi-hat stand further comprising a support tube, an operation rod, an upper cymbal, a lower cymbal and a support structure means; (b) said upper and lower cymbals positioned horizontally along the operation rod, said rod having a free end located vertically opposite and above an opposing attached end, the upper cymbal cooperatively attaching to said rod proximal to its free end by a cymbal attachment means; (c) each of said cymbals having a convex side and a concave side, the concave sides to the upper cymbal and lower cymbal opposingly disposed against each other in a closed non-actuated position; (d) the motion reversal means comprising a motion reversal mechanism, an attachment member connecting to the attached end of the operation rod, and a foot pedal linkage means; (e) the foot pedal having a hinged end and an opposing connected end, said connected end being cooperatively linked to the foot pedal linkage means; (f) the foot pedal linkage means being operatively associated with the motion reversal mechanism and cooperatively and opposingly linked at the attached end to the attachment member; (g) the hinged end of the foot pedal being situated on a stable surface; (h) the support tube being vertically positioned and having a support end supporting the lower cymbal, proximal to the support end, above an opposite lower end resting on the stable surface; (i) the motion reversal mechanism being secured to the hi-hat stand to the support tube; (j) the operation rod freely extending coaxially through the support tube above the support end and through the lower cymbal; (k) the attachment member being operatively secured to the attached end of the operation rod; (l) the foot pedal linkage being operatively linked from the foot pedal to the operation rod by the motion reversal means, causing the operation rod and the attached upper cymbal to move upward, thereby separating said cymbals vertically into an open actuated position when a drummer depresses the foot pedal downward by a downward pedal motion; and (m) whereby the motion reversal means translates the downward pedal motion from the drummer into an opposing upward cymbal motion, placing said cymbals in the open actuated position, allowing the drummer to produce an open cymbal sound when striking said cymbals, and to produce a closed cymbal sound when releasing the foot pedal, returning said cymbals to the closed non-actuated position.