Appeal No. 97-2939 Page 2
Application No. 08/431,798
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 3, all of the claims remaining in the
application. A prior decision regarding similar subject matter
was rendered by this Board in grandparent application Serial
No. 07/675, 507 on August 27, 1993.
The invention is directed to a percussion implement, viz.,
a drum stick.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A percussion implement, which comprises:
a bundle of a plurality of wooden outer rod members of a
diameter of about 1/4 inches radially disposed about a
centrally-disposed wooden inner rod member of a diameter of
about 1/4 inches, each of said outer rod members being in
contact with said centrally-disposed inner rod member and
adjacent ones of said outer rod members along said bundle;
a hollow handle member positioned about an end of said
bundle; and
a sleeve member positioned about said bundle and having an
inner diameter dimensioned for axial movement on said bundle,
said inner diameter of said sleeve member dimensioned to
develop a frictional force with outer surface portions of said
radially disposed outer rod members to prevent slippage of said
sleeve member from said bundle in use of said percussion
instrument, said sleeve member being movable along said bundle
from said handle member to a distal end of said bundle for
providing a different sound during usage of said percussion
instrument selective positioning of said sleeve member about
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