US 11,705,094 B2
Drumhead tuning rim system and method of use
Bryan Thomas Bedson, Wenatchee, WA (US); and Robin Richard Slaton, Fort Collins, CO (US)
Assigned to Bedson Drum Co., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Bedson Drum Co., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/717,963.
Application 17/717,963 is a continuation of application No. 17/062,820, filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Application 17/062,820 is a continuation of application No. 16/716,300, filed on Dec. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,796,674, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/780,871, filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0238086 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10D 13/02 (2020.01); G10D 13/16 (2020.01)
CPC G10D 13/02 (2013.01) [G10D 13/16 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drumhead tuning rim system comprising at least one drumhead tuning rim apparatus for securing and tuning a drumhead on a drum shell of a drum, the drumhead tuning rim apparatus comprising:
a plurality of low friction lug assemblies configured to be installed spaced about the drum shell, each low friction lug assembly comprising a lug body having a lug body post;
a plurality of low friction housing assemblies configured to be shiftably mounted on the drum shell, each low friction housing assembly comprising a housing body having a housing body first hole configured to slidably receive the lug body post, whereby the low friction housing assemblies are shiftably mounted on the drum shell as by being slidably mounted on the respective low friction lug assemblies; and
a rim configured for seating over the drumhead on the drum shell and for selectively removably engaging the low friction housing assemblies so as to secure the rim on the drum shell over the drumhead, whereby in use shifting the low friction housing assemblies toward the low friction lug assemblies pulls the rim toward the drum shell so as to increase tension on the drumhead, and shifting the low friction housing assemblies away from the low friction lug assemblies thereby shifts the rim away from the drum shell so as to decrease tension on the drumhead, further such shifting of the low friction housing assemblies away from the low friction lug assemblies allowing the rim to be sufficiently unloaded so as to be selectively disengaged from the low friction housing assemblies and removed from the drum to facilitate removing and replacing the drumhead without any disassembly of the low friction housing assemblies and the low friction lug assemblies.