Patents by Inventor Akbar Moghaddam

Akbar Moghaddam 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 support pads
    Patent number: 7385126
    Abstract: In combination at least one drum having a drum head and a shell supporting the head, and having an outer side, at least one pad located proximate the shell outer side, to be supported by a drummer's leg, or legs, whereby the drum can be supported by the drummer's leg or legs via the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Drum Workshop, Inc.
    Inventor: Akbar Moghaddam
  • Rattling percussion instrument
    Patent number: 6255572
    Abstract: A percussion instrument has first and second shells each of which extends away from the other, the shells forming cavities; a closure for one of the shells having a diaphragm portion and closing a portion of the cavity formed by the one shell, the closure spaced from a shell interconnection region; a cavity formed by the other of the shells being open at one end thereof in a direction away from the interconnection region, and loose pellets contained in a portion of the cavity formed by one shell, the pellets freely movable to impact the one shell and diaphragm portion to produce a rattling sound when the instrument is shaken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Drum Workshop, Inc.
    Inventors: Akbar Moghaddam, Donald G. Lombardi