Portable drum sound simulator generating multiple sounds

Claim 1

A portable drum sound simulator comprising: a portable enclosure having therein drum sound generating means comprising an electronic circuit having a power source and energizable in response to momentary electrical trigger signals for generating two different audible drum-like sound outputs each in response to a corresponding trigger signal; a sound select switch connected to the electronic circuit and having means for selectively selecting which said drum-like sound output the drum sound generating means generates; tone pitch varying means connected in the electronic circuit for varying the tone pitch of generated drum-like sound outputs; a tone select switch connected to the tone pitch varying means comprising means for selecting a higher tone pitch than one previously set, means for selecting a lower tone pitch than one previously set and means for maintaining a selected tone pitch; two normally open independently activated switches connected to the electronic circuit and momentarily closable for developing the momentary electrical trigger signals for independently effecting energizing of the drum sound generating means when momentarily closed and generating the drum-like sound outputs; and two drumsticks each having a corresponding one of the two independently activated switches and movable in a striking motion in any desired direction at an accelerated velocity and decelerated at a certain rate momentarily at will while moving in said any direction for effectively generating the electrical trigger signals, each said independently activated switch having means for detecting momentary deceleration of the corresponding drumstick and effecting momentary closing of the corresponding switch in response to the detection of the momentary decelerations and effecting generating of the momentary electrical trigger signals.