ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,779, issued on June 24, was assigned to John Crocken (Baltimore).
"Drum pedal and pedal module for enhanced drumming" was invented by John Crocken (Baltimore) and Jack Lawrence (Rosedale, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drum pedal apparatus which, in addition to the essential or typical mechanical structure, has a footboard structure having a main-portion upper surface and a plurality of roller balls rotatably mounted within the thickness of the main portion and each presenting a spherical cap, thereby providing a pedal-pushing surface including the roller-ball spherical caps. The invention is also a drum-pedal module for affixing...