Patent ID: 7262356

Claim:
A drum pedal assembly comprising a base plate adapted to rest on the floor, and having a forward end and an opposed aft end, said forward end being adapted to be positioned in proximity to a drum head, a foot pedal having a forward extremity and a rear extremity, the rear extremity being pivotally connected to in proximity to the aft end of said base plate so that the forward extremity of the pedal can be pushed up and down by foot pressure a pair of parallel, spaced-apart vertical posts extending upwardly in from said base place in proximity to said forward end a horizontal cross-member carried by said pair of vertical posts near their upper extremity and secured to said posts a pair of parallel, spaced apart drive shafts rotatably carried on said posts, one said drive shaft being an upper shaft spaced in proximity to and below said cross-member and the other said drive shaft being a lower drive shaft carried in proximity to and above said base plate a beater carried by a rod affixed to each drive shaft means linking the forward extremity of said foot pedal to rotate said upper drive shaft as the forward extremity of said foot pedal is pushed up and down means linking the upper and lower drive shafts so that the lower drive shaft rotates as the upper drive shaft rotates said beaters being carried on said shafts such that one beater can strike the center of the drum head with the foot pedal in one position, and the other beater can strike the center of the drum head when the foot pedal is in a different position.