Drum rack member clamp

Eason , et al. September 16, 2

Patent Grant D576870

U.S. patent number D576,870 [Application Number D/286,243] was granted by the patent office on 2008-09-16 for drum rack member clamp. This patent grant is currently assigned to Swift Distribution, Inc., Yamaha Corporation. Invention is credited to Donald H. Eason, Kazuhito Nakajima.


United States Patent D576,870
Eason ,   et al. September 16, 2008

Drum rack member clamp

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a drum rack member clamp, as shown and described.
Inventors: Eason; Donald H. (Fort Collins, CO), Nakajima; Kazuhito (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: Yamaha Corporation (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, JP)
Swift Distribution, Inc. (Torrence, CA)
Family ID: 39743443
Appl. No.: D/286,243
Filed: April 27, 2007

Current U.S. Class: D8/396; D17/22
Current CPC Class: F16B7/0493 20130101; F16B2/10 20130101
Current International Class: 0808
Field of Search: ;D8/354-356,371,376,394-396,382,377,380,381 ;24/16R,279,278,486,489,505,275,499,518 ;248/49,62,74.1-74.4,73,58,72 ;D17/22 ;D12/118 ;84/421,327,411R

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Primary Examiner: Spear; Robert M.
Assistant Examiner: Windmuller; John
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Santangelo Law Offices, P.C.

Description



The design is embodied in a clamp usable to attach two drum rack members (e.g., two drum rack tiers).

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a drum rack member clamp showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof.

The broken lines in the figures illustrate environment only and form no part of the claimed design.

The dot-dot-dash lines in FIGS. 5 and 7 indicate the boundaries of the claimed design.

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