Drum Support Pads With Friction Stiffeners
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bongo drums tend to slip down between a drummer's knees due to the space required for both drums, reducing the effectiveness of knee gripping and stability.
Innovation Solution
The use of support pads with stiffeners and straps that attach to the drum shells, along with protrusions on the drums to prevent slippage, allows for secure positioning and comfort during use, and easy disassembly for transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If bongo drums are positioned between the drummer's knees, then the drums can be supported without additional equipment, but the drums slip down due to leg divergence required for space occupation
Solution Approach 1:
A pad is introduced as an intermediary element between the drum and the drummer's leg. The pad provides a friction-enhanced contact surface that prevents slippage, allowing the drum to be securely supported between the knees without requiring the drummer to diverge their legs excessively.
Solution Approach 2:
The pad is made of flexible material that can conform to the drum shell surface, increasing contact area and friction. This flexible interface adapts to the curved surface of the drum, ensuring reliable support while maintaining comfort for the drummer.
2Volume of moving object
If the drummer's legs diverge to accommodate both drums, then space for both drums is provided, but the knee gripping force is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The pad acts as a mediator that transfers and amplifies the gripping force. By providing a high-friction interface, the pad allows the drummer to maintain adequate leg divergence for accommodating both drums while still generating sufficient gripping force through the pad to prevent slippage.
Solution Approach 2:
The pad changes the friction parameter at the contact interface between the drum and leg. This parameter change allows the system to maintain stability with reduced gripping force, enabling the drummer's legs to diverge sufficiently to accommodate both drums while maintaining secure support.
3Reliability
If pads are attached to drum shells, then drum support is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support system is segmented into separate components: the pad, the strap for attachment, and the stiffener. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently while maintaining overall simplicity. The pad provides friction enhancement, the strap provides attachment, and the stiffener provides structural support.
Solution Approach 2:
The pad and attachment components are designed as simple, inexpensive accessories that can be easily attached and removed. This approach avoids complex permanent modifications to the drums while providing reliable support when needed.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively prevents downward slippage of bongo drums between the knees, enhancing stability and comfort for the drummer while allowing for easy transport and adjustment.
Implementation Method 1
a pad located proximate the shell outer side, to be supported by a drummer's leg... whereby downward slippage of the drum relative to the user's leg is blocked
Implementation Method 2
a stiffener such as a rib is typically carried by the pad to extend proximate the shell outer side to assist in pad support to the drum outer side
Implementation Method 3
a strap is typically provided for holding the pad attached to a drum shell outer side
Data Source
AI summary
In combination at least one drum having a drum head and a shell supporting the head, and having an outer side, at least one pad located proximate the shell outer side, to be supported by a drummer's leg, or legs, whereby the drum can be supported by the drummer's leg or legs via the pad.