Idea: a better drum sling

In 2022, I was thinking...what if my shoulders and back didn't hurt after every band practice and parade?...what many of the shoulder injuries endemic to tenor drummers could be prevented with improved equipment?...what if 10-year-old (at the time) daughter didn't get cranky and sometimes even cry every time I made her wear her drum?

welp....those first two what-ifs had been on my mind for more than two decades I had been playing and teaching tenor drum with recurring injuries...and the third (my crying eldest child), is what finally pushed me to do something about it.

I had all the know-how:
1. an engineering degree (albeit it is in electronic systems engineering, but my degree requirements included statics and dynamics classes and learning about a lot of relevant topics - plus there is google now!)
2. experience with rock climbing and adventure courses (hanging drums off of people isn't that different from hanging people off of walls!)
3. and most surprisingly relevant, I wore all 3 of my children in slings, wraps and soft structured baby carriers almost exclusively during their infancies, and learned a ton from the babywearing community about weight distribution and good design for carrying 8-to-30 pound small people on my body.

What I ended up with was the katenor™ harness. It's for marching drummers and distributes the weight of the drum across your back, and the waist belt can be made very snug to secure the drum in a comfortable marching position in front of your left hip. The vertical clasp between the chest and the drum is both strong and adjustable so you can get the fit just right! 

I have international patents pending, and I'm so pleased this is something people are enjoying.