Patents by Inventor Wallace Earl DEPUE, JR.

Wallace Earl DEPUE, JR. 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).

  • Percussive block for musical instruments
    Patent number: 8853511
    Abstract: A percussion attachment for a musical instrument. The attachment includes a body having at least one aerating hole formed therein. A clamp is mounted to the body that attaches the body to the musical instrument. The body may be struck and/or scraped by the stick of a bow to produce percussion as well as functioning simultaneously as a protector as the musical instrument is being played. The body may include ribs that are spaced along an outermost curved edge of the body such that contacting the ribs with the stick of a bow to produce a percussion sound. The body may also include pits spaced on a top surface of the body such that contacting the pits with the stick of a bow to produce a percussion sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: Wallace Earl DePue, Jr.
  • PERCUSSIVE BLOCK FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
    Publication number: 20130276612
    Abstract: A percussion attachment for a musical instrument. The attachment includes a body having at least one aerating hole formed therein. A clamp is mounted to the body that attaches the body to the musical instrument. The body may be struck and/or scraped by the stick of a bow to produce percussion as well as functioning simultaneously as a protector as the musical instrument is being played. The body may include ribs that are spaced along an outermost curved edge of the body such that contacting the ribs with the stick of a bow to produce a percussion sound. The body may also include pits spaced on a top surface of the body such that contacting the pits with the stick of a bow to produce a percussion sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Wallace Earl DEPUE, JR.