Percussive Musical Instruments {g10d 13/00} Patents (Class 984/150)
  • Patent number: 12004733
    Abstract: A joint clamp for a surgical retractor system includes clamps, a cam bolt, and a cam lever. The cam bolt passes through the clamps. A cam lever comprising a cam head pivotally attached an upper portion the cam bolt to permit rotation between a locked position and an unlocked positions. The joint clamp may include springs which provide a scissors clamp of the clamps with a clip-on feature in which the scissors clamp may clipped-on and clipped-off an object such as a frame member, table post, or retractor handle. The springs may further prevent or reduce a rising movement of the clamps when the cam lever rotates from an unlocked state to a locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: THOMPSON SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Steve Nowak
  • Patent number: 11937722
    Abstract: A trophy apparatus, comprising a plurality of columns; a base piece comprising a plurality of grooves, each configured to attach to a bottom end of each of the plurality of columns, and further comprising an interface configured to couple to a plaque mount; and a lid piece comprising a plurality of grooves, each configured to attach to a top end of each of the plurality of columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TrophySmack, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Walsh, Dax Holt, Eugene Yesin
  • Patent number: 11568842
    Abstract: Provided is a drumstick being excellent in durability and enabling a drum performer to achieve a more sensitive performance with vibration transmitted to the drumstick. A drumstick includes: a first rod-like portion, which is made of a synthetic resin, and includes a tip and a shoulder; and a second rod-like portion, which is coupled to the first rod-like portion, and includes a grip, wherein the first rod-like portion has a cavity defined therein so as to extend along an axial direction and over an entire length of the first rod-like portion, and wherein the cavity is open to an outside at an opening portion formed at a distal end of the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ASANO MOKKO SHO, LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Asano, Toshihiko Torii