Music – Instruments – Drums
Reexamination Certificate
2001-02-23
2001-08-21
Nappi, Robert E. (Department: 2837)
Music
Instruments
Drums
C084S422100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06278045
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the field of musical instruments, and more particularly to a cover for drum lugs and their constituent parts for protection against damage to the drum shells of congas or similar kinds of drums when the drums are adjacently situated.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the past, protective covers have been created for variety of hard or sharp-edged objects, such as, for example, metal nuts and bolts, capable of damaging adjacently situated products. Some of these devices have even been developed specifically for the drum lug components of a conga drum. U.S. Pat. No. 6,018,116 ('116 patent) discloses such a device. In the '116 patent, a device is provided to engage the lug component to prevent damaging contact with another drum. U.S. Pat. No. 5,857,818 discloses another type of protective cover or cap for lug nuts of the kind used to mount a wheel on a vehicle.
Neither of these devices, however, nor anything else known in the prior art addresses the serious problem addressed and corrected by the device of the present invention. The invention achieves this by covering not only the nut and bolt components of the lug nut assembly, but also the various other components of the assembly that protrude beyond the periphery of the conga shell and present conditions that are capable of causing serious and extensive damage to an adjacent instrument.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a device comprising a generally cylindrical shaped resilient cover with openings at opposite ends to receive in slidable relation the elongated rod component of a drum lug nut assembly. A slit is provided in combination with one of the openings to enable that end of the cover to expand and connect with the portion of the rod extending either below or above the nut component, as the situation dictates. A portion of the back section of the cover is open to enable the cover to easily fit over and around the nut and the other components of the drum lug nut assembly that protrude beyond the surface of the drumshell.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a protective cover for a conga drum lug nut assembly that covers and secures all the assembly components that protrude beyond the shell's surface.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a protective cover for a conga drum lug nut assembly that prevents the assembly components, or any of them, that protrude beyond the shell's surface from contacting and damaging the shell of adjacently situated drums.
Still, another object of the present invention is to provide a protective cover for a conga drum lug nut assembly that is easy to install and secure.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a protective cover for a drum lug nut assembly that is easy and cost effective to manufacture.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following specifications when considered in light of the attached drawings wherein a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.
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Camco Catalog pp. 1 and 13, Dec. 1964.
Gitlin, Esq. Larry F.
Lockett Kim
Nappi Robert E.
Rapkin & Gitlin
Remo Inc.
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