Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Payerl

Wolfgang Payerl 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).

  • Patent number: 7601901
    Abstract: In the case of a musical instrument, in particular a cajón, with a basic element, the side faces of which are configured as striking faces, provision is made for a striking face to be convexly and ergonomically curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl
  • Patent number: 7485790
    Abstract: A cajon comprising a cuboid housing made of wood, wherein one side serves as the playing side and wires are strung below the corresponding wooden plate that, when the playing surface is struck, interact with the same and produce a sound effect, wherein each wire has at least one associated damping element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl
  • Patent number: 7482520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a musical rhythm instrument comprising sounding bodies, especially in the form of jingles or the like, and a holding device for said sounding bodies, wherein said holding device is designed to be fastened to the user's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl
  • Publication number: 20090013849
    Abstract: In the case of a musical instrument, in particular a cajón, with a basic element, the side faces of which are configured as striking faces, provision is made for a striking face to be convexly and ergonomically curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl
  • Publication number: 20080087158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a musical rhythm instrument comprising sounding bodies, especially in the form of jingles or the like, and a holding device for said sounding bodies, wherein said holding device is designed to be fastened to the user's foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl
  • Publication number: 20080083317
    Abstract: A cajon comprising a cuboid housing made of wood, wherein one side serves as the playing side and wires are strung below the corresponding wooden plate that, when the playing surface is struck, interact with the same and produce a sound effect, wherein each wire has at least one associated damping element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl
  • Patent number: 7307206
    Abstract: In a stand for musical instruments arranged in pairs, in particular bongos or the like, wherein the instruments are connected by a vertical link that is fixable in a mounting clamp, which is disposed on a vertical stand, provision is made for the mounting clamp to have a configuration that is U-shaped in cross section, wherein one leg of the U is divided and incorporates an upper section that is supported pivotable relative to a lower section, wherein the upper section incorporates an offset extending downward over the pivot bearing incorporating a threaded bore into which engages a set screw that is supported on the exterior of the lower section when tightened and in this manner pivots the upper section inward, pressing it against the link to be fixed that connects the bongos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl
  • Publication number: 20070029452
    Abstract: In a stand for musical instruments arranged in pairs, in particular bongos or the like, wherein the instruments are connected by a vertical link that is fixable in a mounting clamp, which is disposed on a vertical stand, provision is made for the mounting clamp to have a configuration that is U-shaped in cross section, wherein one leg of the U is divided and incorporates an upper section that is supported pivotable relative to a lower section, wherein the upper section incorporates an offset extending downward over the pivot bearing incorporating a threaded bore into which engages a set screw that is supported on the exterior of the lower section when tightened and in this manner pivots the upper section inward, pressing it against the link to be fixed that connects the bongos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Roland Meinl, Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl
  • Patent number: 7169994
    Abstract: A musical rhythm instrument comprising a hand-held hollow body having at least one opening and a plurality of particles in the interior of the hollow body, which, when the hollow body is moved rhythmically, impact upon its inner wall and create a sound, is provided with a hollow body incorporating a plurality of openings distributed over its surface and has a basic shape such that it can be largely encompassed by a hand that is holding it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl
  • Publication number: 20060185496
    Abstract: In a conga stand comprising a holding ring for insertion of the conga or the like, also holding projections resting laterally against the conga, as well as legs connected to the holding ring, each leg being implemented height-adjustable in such a way that it consists of at least two sections that are curved or angled about their longitudinal direction so that they are displaceable relative to each other in a telescopic manner, wherein each section has a plurality of bores in the longitudinal direction, and wherein locking screws are provided that extend through two bores in each case while setting a specified length, wherein the lower bore in each case is implemented as a threaded bore, or the screws extend through the bores in such a way that a lock nut can be placed on the inner end, provision is made for the bores of at least one section to be connected by a longitudinal slot, the width of which corresponds approximately to the diameter of the threaded section of the screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Wening, Wolfgang Payerl
  • Publication number: 20020005106
    Abstract: In a percussion instrument such as a drum, tambourine, bongo, conga or the like, comprising a main body with at least one opening over which a skin is stretched that is to be struck, it is provided, with a view to obtaining novel sound variations and possibilities of playing, that at least one web is fixed in particular off-center underneath the skin, bearing there against and bridging the opening crosswise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Wolfgang Payerl