Drum pedal and pedal module for enhanced drumming
US12340779B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10D13/11
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Drum pedal apparatus which, in addition to the essential or typical mechanical structure, has a footboard structure having a main-portion upper surface and a plurality of roller balls rotatably mounted within the thickness of the main portion and each presenting a spherical cap, thereby providing a pedal-pushing surface including the roller-ball spherical caps. The invention is also a drum-pedal module for affixing onto the footboard of standard drum pedal apparatus, the module having a module main portion, the plurality of roller balls as described above, and pedal-affixation structure on or along the module main portion.
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