Michael M Mcdaniel

US Patent:

20160210942, Jul 21, 2016

Filed:

Jan 15, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/598158

Inventors:

MICHAEL D. McDANIEL - LAKE HUGHES CA, US

Assignee:

REMO, INC. - VALENCIA CA

International Classification:

G10D 13/02

Abstract:

A housing for a musical instrument having a resonant chamber made from several integrated panel members with at least one snare assembly having individual wires with each grouping of individual wires having a first end portion connected to a first mounting member releasably supported at a first position inside the resonant chamber and a second end portion connected to a second mounting member releasably supported at a second position inside the resonant chamber. First and second mounting members are disposed cooperatively to vertically stretch the wires substantially taut in continuous contact relation with the inside surface of the strike plate. A first generally wedge-shaped support member is secured at the first position and a second generally wedge-shaped support member is secured at the second position. The first and second wedge-shaped support members are spaced apart and have sloping surfaces disposed towards the inside surface of a panel member or strike plate and conformed to receive corresponding first and second mounting members in angular relation.