ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,699, issued on Aug. 12.

"Bass cajon and portable drum kit system incorporating same" was invented by Richard M. Savona (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable drum kit system is configured to be converted from a transport configuration to a drumming configuration. The drum kit system includes a cajon with a plurality of drum components that is convertible from a storage container in a transport configuration to a cajon in a drumming configuration. The portable drum kit system is easy to transport, as all the components are coupled to, configured in or on, the convertible storage container that has a set of wheels and ...