Drum Stand Basket with Spring Adjustment and Collapsible Arms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Snare drum stands are often heavy, difficult to move, and lack collapsibility for storage, and they can alter the tone of the snare drum by muting its ringing.
Innovation Solution
A drum stand basket design featuring a center piece with a spring and adjustable arms that can rotate and collapse, allowing for secure holding of snare drums of various sizes without direct contact, which maintains the drum's natural tone and facilitates compact storage and transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the drum stand basket directly contacts the drum body to secure it, then the drum is held firmly, but the tone of the drum is altered by muting the ringing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces felt pads as intermediary elements between the drum stand basket arms and the drum body. These felt pads contact the drum shell at specific points to provide secure holding while minimizing direct metal-to-wood contact that would mute the drum's ringing, thus preserving the natural tone while maintaining firm attachment
2Ease of operation
If the drum stand is designed to be collapsible for easy storage and transport, then storage convenience is improved, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The drum stand basket is divided into multiple detachable arm components that can be independently adjusted and collapsed. The arms can be detached from the central hub and folded along their length, transforming the structure from a rigid configuration to a compact folded state for storage, while maintaining structural integrity through connection joints
Solution Approach 2:
The drum stand incorporates adjustable and movable arm mechanisms that can transition between extended playing positions and collapsed storage positions. The arms feature telescopic sections and pivot joints that allow dynamic reconfiguration, enabling the structure to adapt between operational and storage states without permanent structural changes
3Stability of the object's composition
If the drum stand uses fixed arm positions to securely hold the drum, then drum stability is improved, but the adaptability to different drum sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The drum stand arms incorporate telescopic adjustment mechanisms and rotatable positioning features that allow the arm length and angle to be dynamically changed. This enables the same stand to securely accommodate different drum diameters and depths by adjusting arm positions, while maintaining stable drum holding through lockable settings at each adjusted position
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The design enables the use of snare drums with less distortion in sound quality and allows for easy storage and transport, maintaining the drum's natural tone and improving usability.
Implementation Method 1
a spring attached to the center piece. An arm adjustment device can be attached to the second end of the spring
Data Source
AI summary
Drum stands and drum stand baskets, including those for use with a snare drum, are described. Drum stands and drum stand baskets according to the present disclosure can include an adjustment feature which enables the basket to fit differently sized drums. Additionally, drum stands and drum stand baskets according to the present disclosure can include elements which result in less interference with the sound of a snare drum compared to a snare drum in a prior art drum stand. Finally, embodiments of the present disclosure can be compacted for easy storage or transport.