EP1300361B1 - Riding saddle rack - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a support for riding saddles, and more particularly a support designed to allow the transport of one or more riding saddles and their storage before or after use.

For the practice of riding, the rider must use a saddle that is positioned on the horse's back, and which consists of a leather part of a certain size, completed by a holding device consisting of straps and straps. strips.

Both for reasons of comfort and safety, the set has both a certain volume and a certain weight, which does not facilitate its transport.

It is well known that in the case of transportation over a certain distance, it is necessary to ensure proper maintenance of the saddle, to prevent it from being damaged or deformed by possible shocks, which would prevent its use higher.

There is currently no transport device on the market designed for the individual practice of riding and riders are most often led to place their saddle in the trunk of their vehicle and ensure the calibration by empirical means .

In terms of professional or collective practice, devices are known that are used in trucks used for transporting animals, in the form of chests inside which are mounted bars on which the stool is then placed.

However, these are fixed devices, which are permanently mounted inside the truck and therefore do not allow the transport of either one or more saddles independently of the assembly, or stool storage outside the vehicle.

According to this modality, if it is desired to use only part of the saddles that have been transported, it is necessary to detach them and take them out of the truck, then to dispose them at locations and in conditions that are not always appropriate.

Another problem that is frequently encountered by horseback riding practitioners is stool storage prior to placement on the horse or after removal from the animal's back.

The sites reserved for the practice of riding are not equipped with devices to store stool in conditions that preserve the hygiene or integrity of the equipment.

Most often, the stool is simply placed on the floor or in any available location depending on the configuration of the premises.

There is also the risk that they are damaged by shocks, or reversed, or stained or stained.

GB 2 295 082 discloses a table that can be converted into a seat support. This table is composed of a horizontal board having three hinged plates, the central plate being mounted on a trestle and each of the two side plates being connected by hinges to the central plate. Folding the two side plates upward forms a triangular section structure that can be used as a fixed support for a saddle.

The present invention proposes to provide an alternative construction for a support for saddles.

Preferably the support is composed from superposed easels, interconnected by means of angles, the assembly comprising gripping means for moving it.

• la figure 1 est une vue en élévation d'un support selon l'invention, comportant deux chevalets superposés, et
• la figure 2 est une vue de détail d'un montant d'un chevalet représenté à la figure 1.

The invention will be better understood with reference to the description given hereinafter of a nonlimiting example embodiment and with reference to the appended drawings, in which:

• FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a support according to the invention, comprising two superposed easels, and
• Figure 2 is a detail view of an amount of an easel shown in Figure 1.

With reference to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly to Figure 1, the support according to the invention consists of at least one bridge (1) having four panels, the easels can be placed on top of each other.

More specifically, an easel (1) is composed of two perforated side panels (2) connected by their respective upper parts to two upper panels (3) joining to form a roof.

The side panels (2) have an open cut at the base, inverted U-shaped. The opening (4) tapers downwardly from the panel (2) to form an enlarged foot at each end of said panel.

Advantageously, the openings (4) made in the side panels (2) have a rounded shape so as to eliminate the presence of angles that could hurt or at least impede the user during the displacement of the support.

At each upper corner (5) of the bridge (1), there is an angle-shaped metal section (6), extending upwards, beyond the angle formed by the side panel (2) and the upper panel (3) adjacent.

The protruding angles (6) play both a role of reinforcement and maintenance of the bridge, and serve as a guide for the establishment of superposed easels, as will be explained later.

The upper edges of the upper panels (3) join to form an angle and are secured by means of a holding bar (7), providing a function at the same time aesthetic, reinforcing and gripping.

The first bridge (1) thus formed forms the base of the support and already allows itself to complete the object of the invention, namely the transport or storage of a saddle riding.

Indeed, to use the support, it will be sufficient to have the saddle on the top of the bridge (1), the sides coming to rest on both sides of the upper panels (3) forming the roof, thereby avoiding any contact with floor.

Advantageously, the holding bar (7) connecting the upper parts of the upper panels (3) will have a rounded shape so as to avoid any angle that could damage the inner surface of the saddle.

To transport the saddle once it is placed on the support, it is sufficient to grasp the assembly, for example through the openings (4) of the side walls (2), which are of a sufficient size to allow a easy to grip and move.

Advantageously, the first bridge (1) or base bridge, can receive four boards (8a) partially closing its sides and a bottom board (8b), so as to form a box (8).

The box (8) can be used as a storage box for various accessories used by the rider, such as a towel or brushes, thereby avoiding any risk of loss or contamination.

If you want to carry or stow several saddles, simply complete the support by superimposing one or more easels (1) on the easel base. We will begin by placing the saddles on the upper panels (3), then we will have the easels (1) on top of each other from the easel base.

The upper trestles have a structure identical to that of the base trestle as described above, but have no bottom or side boards.

To make a support for several saddles according to the present invention, it is sufficient to engage the lower part of a bridge (1) placed above in the projecting portion of the angles (6) of the bridge located immediately below.

The different trestles are thus associated by simple interlocking without it being necessary to provide additional terms of connection.

According to a preferred embodiment, the perforated side walls (2) of each bridge (1) are very slightly reentrant, that is to say they have an angle between 0.1 ° and 0.2 ° by vertical plane.

With this feature, the nesting of the easels (1) on each other is facilitated.

When the support is intended to be used for transport, it will be limited only by the dimensions of the assembly formed by the easels (1) superimposed, the weight of the assembly or the size of the vehicle used for transport.

When it comes to simply storing the stool, there will be no other limits to the layering of the different easels that dimensions of the room where they will be stored.

Although the easels (1) are intended to be superimposed on each other from a basic bridge, nothing would prevent the use of such a bridge in isolation for transporting or storing a single saddle.

In this case, the user would simply no longer benefit from the box (8) storage.

1. (3) de chaque chevalet (1) présentent une surface qui permet l'apposition de tout élément de décoration ou de personnalisation en fonction des voeux de l'utilisateur.

Another advantage of the present invention is that the upper walls

1. (3) each bridge (1) have a surface that allows the affixing of any element of decoration or personalization according to the wishes of the user.

For transport, the assembly formed by the various easels (1) superimposed by means of screws (9) engaged on two opposite corners (10) of a bridge and cooperating with threaded bushings (11) inserted into correspondence on an easel placed immediately above.

As illustrated in Figure 2, each protruding angle (6) has in its upper part an orifice (16) of diameter corresponding to that of the screw (9) used. A plate (12) having in its lower part an orifice (13) inside which is housed the threaded sleeve (11) is arranged in the lower part of the bridge (1) in the extension of the angle (6).

During the superposition of two trestles (1), the passage opening (16) located in the upper part of the bridge (1) placed below corresponds to the orifice (13) receiving the socket of the metal plate ( 12) affixed to the amount of the bridge (1) placed immediately above.

Just then insert the screw (9) and lead to its blocking position, then resume the same operation on the opposite side of the assembly to secure the two trestles (1) superimposed.

It is thus possible to superimpose and solidarize the desired number of trestles, the only limit actually residing in the height of the assembly made with respect to the transport vehicle or the storage place.

According to a preferred embodiment, provision is made to insert an additional threaded bushing (14) in the middle part of each bridge (1), on the side receiving the fixing sleeve (11).

This allows to store the fixing screw (9) when not used to secure two trestles (1) superimposed.

According to an alternative embodiment, it can be provided to stiffen the combination of the two upper roof panels (3) by providing at least one triangular element (15) of reinforcement in the angle formed by these panels.

According to an advantageous embodiment, there will be a triangular piece (15) at each of the two ends of the roof so that they can also perform a gripping function in addition to their initial function of reinforcement.

Indeed, the user can then enter one or more trestles (1) by the lateral ends, simply using the triangular pieces (15) as a handle.

The above description shows that the invention achieves the desired goals by means of a limited number of constituent elements.

By means of very few assembly or shaping operations, a device is made at once practical and aesthetic, making it possible to transport or store riding saddles without risk of deterioration or staining.

The invention is not limited to the embodiment given above by way of non-limiting example. In particular, the dimensions and materials may vary without departing from the scope defined by the claims.

The invention can be carried out indifferently using wood, metal or injected or molded plastics.

Claims (10)

1. Riding saddle rack made up of at least one trestle (1) comprising at least two side panels (2) each connected by its upper part to an upper panel (3), the side panels (3) meeting to form an angle, characterised in that the side panels (2) have a cut open at the bottom forming an opening (4) which narrows as it reaches the bottom of the panel, in such a way that it forms a widened foot at each end of said panel.
2. Rack according to claim 1, characterised in that the openings (4) made in the side panels (2) are rounded without any angles.
3. Rack according to either of claims 1 and 2, characterised in that the trestle (1) comprises a metal angle (6) arranged at each of its upper corners (5) and extending upwards beyond the angle formed by the side panel (2) and the upper panel (3).
4. Rack according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that the angle formed by the upper edges of the upper panels (3) is covered by a holding bar (7).
5. Rack according to claim 4, characterised in that the holding bar (7) is rounded in shape without any angles.
6. Rack according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that the trestle (1) placed at the base of the rack comprises four small boards (8a) partially closing its sides and a rear board which together form a storage enclosure (8).
7. Rack according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that the side walls with apertures (2) of each trestle (1) are re-entrant according to an angle lying between 0.1° and 0.2° in relation to the vertical line.
8. Rack according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that it is stackable and that in the stacked position, the trestles (1) superposed are attached by way of screws (9) engaged in two opposite corners (10) of each trestle (1) and co-operating with threaded fixing bushes (11) inserted to match on the trestle (1) placed directly above.
9. Rack according to claim 8, characterised in that one additional threaded fixing bush (14) is inserted in the middle part of each trestle (1), on the side receiving the fixing bush.
10. Rack according to any of the previous claims, characterised in that at least one triangular reinforcement element (15) is arranged in the angle formed by the upper panels (3).

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