Patents by Inventor Eddy Allan Balma

Eddy Allan Balma 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).

  • PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20160217776
    Abstract: A drumhead that is removably fitted onto a drum shell and seated in a rubber ring to create a seal to form a percussion instrument is disclosed. The percussion instrument thus formed does not require any hardware, rope, or adhesives applying tension to hold the drumhead to the drum shell to create a normal percussive sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Eddy Allan BALMA, David Frederick McDEVITT, Kalani DAS
  • Method for manufacturing a percussion instrument
    Patent number: 7473835
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a percussion instrument has the steps of providing a first member into a liquid with the first member having a first diameter. The first member has a first end and a second end. The method also has the step of heating the liquid and stretching the first end of the first member into a second diameter. The method further has the steps of cooling the stretched first end and fitting a skin on the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Inventors: Eddy Allan Balma, David Frederick McDevitt
  • Method for manufacturing a percussion instrument
    Patent number: 7402739
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a percussion instrument has the steps of providing a first member into a liquid with the first member having a first diameter. The first member has a first end and a second end. The method also has the step of heating the liquid and stretching the first end of the first member into a second diameter. The method further has the steps of cooling the stretched first end and fitting a skin on the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Inventors: Eddy Allan Balma, David Frederick McDevitt
  • Method for manufacturing a percussion instrument
    Patent number: 7310866
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a percussion instrument has the steps of providing a first member into a liquid with the first member having a first diameter. The first member has a first end and a second end. The method also has the step of heating the liquid and stretching the first end of the first member into a second diameter. The method further has the steps of cooling the stretched first end and fitting a skin on the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Eddy Allan Balma
    Inventors: Eddy Allan Balma, David Frederick McDevitt
  • Method for manufacturing a percussion instrument
    Patent number: 7307205
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a percussion instrument has the steps of providing a first member into a liquid with the first member having a first diameter. The first member has a first end and a second end. The method also has the step of heating the liquid and stretching the first end of the first member into a second diameter. The method further has the steps of cooling the stretched first end and fitting a skin on the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Inventors: Eddy Allan Balma, David Frederick McDevitt