Music – Instruments – Drum and cymbal beaters
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-20
2008-10-14
Donovan, Lincoln (Department: 2837)
Music
Instruments
Drum and cymbal beaters
C084S320000, C084S322000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07435889
ABSTRACT:
A drumstick tether is disclosed for rotatably securing a drumstick to a finger of a drummer comprising a first elongate strip of flexible material adapted to wrap around the finger of the drummer and a second elongate strip of flexible material adapted to wrap around the drumstick. The first elongate strip of flexible material is secured to a first swivel part of a swivel member for securing the drumstick tether to the finger of the drummer. The second elongate strip of flexible material is secured to a second swivel part of the swivel member for securing the drumstick tether to the drumstick. The swivel member has a transverse swivel length greater than an axial swivel length for positioning the drumstick in close proximity to the finger of the drummer for enabling a closed hand of the drummer to hold the drumstick in a conventional manner and for enabling an opening hand of the drummer to theatrically twirl the drumstick about the swivel member.
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Donovan Lincoln
Frijouf Rust & Pyle P.A.
Horn Robert W
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