ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYAL..............................RDIM360 (Ver 1.5 21 Nov 2005) - 1100000/00872826EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319991020EP98106649.119980409itenenMI970262 19970414IT19991020199942199810211998436 6G 10D 13/00 AdeAntischlupftrommelstöcke, Trommelstöcke für Pauken und Besen für SchlaginstrumentenenAntislip drumsticks, drumsticks for timpani and brushes for percussion instruments in general.frBaguettes de tambour anti-glissantes, baguettes de tambour pour timbales et balais pour instruments de percussionMeli, Giuseppe024888901100ptepVia Baglioni28041 Montrigiasco-Arona (Novara)ITMeli, GiuseppeVia Baglioni28041 Montrigiasco-Arona (Novara)ITGervasi, Gemma, Dr.et al00040515Notarbartolo & Gervasi S.p.A., Corso di Porta Vittoria, 920122 MilanoITATBECHCYDEDKESFIFRGBGRIEITLILUMCNLPTSEALLTLVMKROSI19991020199942

Drumsticks for drums, brushes for percussion instruments, and drumsticks for timpani which do not slip from the player's hands during execution of pieces of music, characterized in that the said drumstick:

(i) is wrapped in a sheath which covers it partially, the said sheath being made of latex or, in any case, a material with a certain degree of adhesiveness to enable even acrobatic handling of the same, and/or
(ii) the said drumstick is provided with a double metal ring, in which the two rings are set perpendicular to one another, the first of which slips into the drumstick, and the second into a finger of the percussionist, in general the middle finger.