Patent ID: 8330031

Claim:
A high hat tambourine assembly comprises a frame defining a plane and a frame axis generally normal to said plane; support means arranged generally within said plane and attached to said frame and having at least a portion extending proximate to said axis; a hub secured to said support means and defining a hub axis generally coextensive with said frame axis and having an elongate axial channel dimensioned to receive a rod of a high hat for free slidable movements of the rod relative to said hub; quick-release means on said hub normally biased to provide an opening that is generally smaller than said elongate axial channel for restricting a rod of a high hat that extends through said axial channel and having manually engageable gripping members that frictionally engage the rod with a force sufficient to secure said hub to the rod to prevent relative slipping notwithstanding any downward striking forces applied to said frame and for allowing separation of said frame from the rod when said quick-release means is manually gripped by the hand of the user and actuated to separate said gripping members to enlarge the normally restricted opening to allow the rod to freely pass therethrough; and a plurality of jingles secured to said frame, whereby the high hat tambourine assembly can be quickly and conveniently mounted on or released from the rod with one hand of the user.