Patents by Inventor Peter Anthony Franco

Peter Anthony Franco has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Drum tuner
    Patent number: 8772617
    Abstract: A drum tuner is described. The drum tuner includes: (i) a hub gear; (ii) two or more differential gears communicatively coupled to the hub gear and at least one of the two or more differential gears capable of engaging a tuning mechanism of a drum; and (iii) wherein, during an operational state of the drum tuner, rotation of the hub gear rotates at least one of the two or more differential gears to activate the drum's tuning mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Dale McGee, Peter Anthony Franco
  • DRUM TUNER
    Publication number: 20140165819
    Abstract: A drum tuner is described. The drum tuner includes: (i) a hub gear; (ii) two or more differential gears communicatively coupled to the hub gear and at least one of the two or more differential gears capable of engaging a tuning mechanism of a drum; and (iii) wherein, during an operational state of the drum tuner, rotation of the hub gear rotates at least one of the two or more differential gears to activate the drum's tuning mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Dale McGee, Peter Anthony Franco