Pedal-actuated drum beater device

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH A DRUM HAVING A FLAT DRUM PLAYING SURFACE OF A DRUM BEATER DEVICE HAVING A FLAT STRIKING SURFACE THEREON ORIENTED IN FACING RELATION TO SAID DRUM PLAYING SURFACE, AND OF MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID DRUM BEATER DEVICE INTO CONTACT WITH SAID DRUM PLAYING SURFACE SUCH THAT SAID RESPECTIVE FLAT SURFACES MAKE SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PEDAL MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING SAID DRUM BEATER DEVICE THROUGH A ROTATIVE MOVEMENT FROM A SPACED POSITION FROM SAID FLAT DRUM PLAYING SURFACE INTO CONTACT THEREWITH, AND SUPPORTING ROD MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID PEDAL MECHANISM AND SAID DRUM BEATER DEVICE AND INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO LEGS HAVING AN INCLUDED ANGLE THEREBETWEEN, SAID INCLUDED ANGLE BEING APPROPRIATE TO ORIENT SAID DRUM BEATER DEVICE AT AN ANGLE AT SAID SPACED POSITION FOR MAKING SAID FLUSH CONTACT AGAINST SAID FLAT DRUM PLAYING SURFACE AT THE END OF SAID ROTATIVE MOVEMENT.