EP1321429B1 - Selle pour équitation - Google Patents

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EP1321429B1
EP1321429B1 EP02027155A EP02027155A EP1321429B1 EP 1321429 B1 EP1321429 B1 EP 1321429B1 EP 02027155 A EP02027155 A EP 02027155A EP 02027155 A EP02027155 A EP 02027155A EP 1321429 B1 EP1321429 B1 EP 1321429B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B68—SADDLERY; UPHOLSTERY
    • B68C—SADDLES; STIRRUPS
    • B68C1/00—Saddling equipment for riding- or pack-animals
    • B68C1/02—Saddles
    • B68C1/04—Adjustable saddles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B68—SADDLERY; UPHOLSTERY
    • B68C—SADDLES; STIRRUPS
    • B68C1/00—Saddling equipment for riding- or pack-animals
    • B68C1/12—Bottom pads for saddles; Saddle cloths
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B68—SADDLERY; UPHOLSTERY
    • B68C—SADDLES; STIRRUPS
    • B68C1/00—Saddling equipment for riding- or pack-animals
    • B68C1/02—Saddles
    • B68C1/04—Adjustable saddles
    • B68C2001/044—Adjustable saddles by means of interchangeable elements

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  • the invention relates to a saddle for mounts, with a covered with leather or the like saddle tree, which has resting on the back of the mount costumes or bars, the costumes or bars provided with formed as a bubble-shaped covers padding and adapted to the anatomy of the mount, and wherein the sheaths are filled or fillable with a mass which can be deformed in situ on the back of the mount.
  • a saddle of the above type is known from DE 43 97 182 T1 in its basic design.
  • this known saddle essentially non-deformable pads are made on horseback itself by prefilled shells are foamed with a two-component foam in place.
  • three arranged between the saddle and mount hollow body are inflated with compressed air, thereby simulating a state corresponding to the weight of a rider.
  • This known saddle is very cumbersome to manufacture, with the addition that the foaming is comparatively unsuitable for the purposes mentioned, since it is relatively difficult to control.
  • a method for producing an intermediate layer for the individual adaptation of a saddle saddle-supporting animals is also known, wherein such intermediate layers or pads are to be introduced either between the saddle and the saddle blanket or between the saddle blanket and the back of the animal.
  • an adaptation to the anatomical conditions are to be made directly on horseback by the intermediate layer is filled by a plastically moldable or foamable mass or liquid.
  • Disadvantage of this known method is also in the difficult controllability of foamable masses and beyond in the fact that the substantially loose intermediate cushion can change their position in use and therefore do not meet the intended purpose.
  • a saddle blanket which has stitched chambers which are each filled with a granulate, in particular buckwheat.
  • the invention is based on the object, a completely novel construction of a saddle and a completely new To provide methods of adaptation or special manufacture of such a saddle for an individual mount, in which none of the above-mentioned disadvantages occurs.
  • this object is achieved in a first alternative in that the casings are filled with a self-consolidating by pressure and / or heat granules.
  • the envelopes are connected to one each with each costume or bar Carrier plate attached.
  • the prefabrication of the saddle itself is considerably simplified.
  • the invention can be further developed in that the casings are detachably fastened to the carrier plates, or that alternatively or additionally the carrier plates are detachably fastened to the costumes or bars.
  • the advantage is achieved that when changing the mount in which only a readjustment of the actual support surface of the saddle is required to the back of the mount, no longer the entire saddle must be replaced, but adapted only either the cases with the shape variable mass again be replaced or the support plates including such cases.
  • the detachable connection as Velcro fasteners, push-button connections or the like, as a result of the replacement is non-destructive and extremely simple.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention can be created by the fact that in the ethylene-vinyl acetate in the shells an electric heating element is embedded. This makes it particularly easy to soften the ethylene-vinyl acetate for adaptation by the hoses are heated by the electric heating element immediately before fitting to the mount. In addition, the saddle in the event of a change of horses easily be adapted again.
  • the heating element is removably disposed in a channel and thus the stress of the saddle is not exposed.
  • Another object of the invention is a method for producing such individually adapted to the anatomy of the mount saddle, in which initially made a saddle tree and covered with leather or the like, and in which resting on the back of the mount upholstery on the costumes or bars the saddle is shaped according to the anatomical conditions of the back, wherein the pads are filled with a shape-variable mass, the saddle is placed on the back of the mount and adapting to the anatomical conditions of the back of the mount in situ on the mount by molding and fixing the deformable mass is carried out, the object underlying the invention is achieved in that the pads are produced as bubble-shaped shells and filled with the shape-changing mass, and that as a shape-variable mass in heat supply deformable foams, ethylene-vinyl acetates self-setting or hardening granules are used.
  • the upholstery can also be produced as bubble-shaped casings and can already be filled during production with the foams deformable by heat, ethylene-vinyl acetates, self-hardening or hardening granules.
  • the envelopes filled with the ethylene vinyl acetate are heated to the softening temperature and then adjusted by placing the saddle on the back of the mount.
  • a heating element in the ethylene-vinyl acetate mass or to arrange it in a removable removable channel, and to generate the heating by electric current.
  • ethylene-vinyl-acetates with or without heating element offers the advantage that such a saddle can be easily adapted to another mount when changing the mount without difficulty.
  • the saddle As shown in the schematic views of Figures 1 and 2, the saddle, generally designated 1, which is shown in Figure 1 in the English construction and in Figure 2 in the Western construction and which is shown on the back 3 of a mount 2, a Saddle tree 4 on.
  • the saddle tree 4 has in the illustrated in Figure 1 construction of an English saddle costumes 6 and 8 and in the illustrated in Figure 2 construction of a Western saddle bars 10 and 12.
  • the costumes 6 and 8 and the bars 10 and 12 are provided with cushions 14, 16, the unit formed thereby being adapted to the anatomy of the mount in the back region.
  • the upholstery 14 and 16 are formed as bubble-shaped envelopes of suitable material such as synthetic fibers, skins or leather.
  • suitable material such as synthetic fibers, skins or leather.
  • the casings 18 and 20 are shown filled with a shape-changeable mass designated generally by 22, wherein the filling can take place in situ on the back 3 of the mount 2 or beforehand.
  • the shape variable mass 22, ie the shape of the sheaths 18, 20 and thus the shape of the costumes 6 and 8 and the bars 10 and 12 is adapted directly to the shape of the back 3 of the mount 2.
  • the sheaths 18 and 20 are each attached to a support plate 24 connected to each costume 6 and 8 or bar 10 and 12, which on the one hand gives the sheaths 18, 20 a certain dimensional stability and, on the other hand, as below will be explained in more detail, an exchange when changing the mount easier.
  • either the sheaths 18 and 20 are releasably secured to their support plates 24, or the support plates 24 themselves are releasably secured to the 6 and 8 or bars 10 and 12, it being understood that it is also possible to detachably secure both between the sheaths 18 and 20 and the support plates 24, 26 and between the support plates 24 and the costumes 6 and 8 or bars 10 and 12 to provide.
  • the releasable fastener 26 in all three cases may consist of hook-and-loop fasteners, snap fasteners or the like.
  • a shape-variable mass such that the casings 18 and 20 are already filled with a self-solidifying granulate during application to the mount 2, so that the granules are only required for adaptation heat up or put under pressure, for example by the Angurten or the rider weight.
  • the casings 18 and 20 may also be filled with a granulate before the saddle 1 is placed on the back 3 of the mount, which is fixed by a separate fixer to be added.
  • the granules after the granules have been distributed after placing the saddle 1 on the mount 2 according to the anatomical conditions, filled by an opening provided on each of the casings 18, 20 inlet 28 of the consolidator, so that the shape achieved is thereby fixed ,
  • the casings 18, 20 can be filled with an ethylene-vinyl acetate, as is known, for example, from the footwear sector, in particular ethylene-vinyl acetates which have an expansion temperature of about 80 ° C. ,
  • heat is applied before applying and adjusting the saddle 1 to sufficiently soften the ethylene-vinyl acetate so that the pads 14 and 16 are fitted to the back 3 of the riding animal 2.
  • the heating can be done for example by means of a hair dryer, but a preferred detail is illustrated for this purpose in Figure 4.
  • an electric heating element 30 embedded or removably disposed in a correspondingly shaped channel, so that for adjusting the saddle 1 only electrical current to the in the two sheath 18th and 20 contained heating elements must be connected so that the ethylene-vinyl acetate can be heated directly to the necessary temperature for adjusting.

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  1. Selle (1) pour des montures (2) avec un arçon de selle (4) revêtu de cuir ou similaires, comportant des troussequins (6, 8) ou des bars (10, 12) qui s'appuient sur le dos (3) de la monture (2), les troussequins (6, 8) ou bars (10, 12) étant munis de rembourrages (14, 16) conçus sous forme d'enveloppes en soufflets (18, 20) et étant adaptés à l'anatomie de la monture, et les enveloppes (18, 20) étant remplies d'une masse (22) à forme modifiable in situ sur le dos (3) de la monture (2), caractérisée en ce que les enveloppes (18, 20) sont remplies de granulés autodurcissants par pression et/ou par chaleur.
  2. Selle (1) pour des montures (2) avec un arçon de selle (4) revêtu de cuir ou similaires, comportant des troussequins (6, 8) qui s'appuient sur le dos (3) de la monture (2) ou des bars (10, 12), les troussequins (6, 8) ou bars (10, 12) étant munis de rembourrages (14, 16) conçus sous forme d'enveloppes en soufflets (18, 20) et étant adaptés à l'anatomie de la monture, et les enveloppes (18, 20) étant remplies d'une masse (22) à forme modifiable in situ sur le dos (3) de la monture (2), caractérisée en ce que les enveloppes (18, 20) sont remplies d'un éthylène-vinyle acétate.
  3. Selle pour des montures selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que les enveloppes (18, 20) sont fixées chacune sur une plaque support reliée à chaque troussequin (6, 8) ou bar (10, 12).
  4. Selle selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que les enveloppes (18, 20) sont fixées de façon amovible sur les plaques supports (24).
  5. Selle selon la revendication 3 ou 4, caractérisée en ce que les plaques supports (24) sont fixées de façon amovible sur les troussequins (6, 8) ou bars (10, 12).
  6. Selle selon la revendication 4 ou 5, caractérisée en ce que la liaison amovible (26) consiste en des fermetures auto-agrippantes, en des liaisons par bouton pression ou similaires.
  7. Selle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 6, caractérisée en ce que les enveloppes (18, 20) sont remplies d'éthylène-vinyle acétate à une température d'expansion d'environ 80°C.
  8. Selle selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce qu'un corps de chauffe (30) électrique est incorporé dans l'éthylène vinyle acétate dans les enveloppes (18, 20).
  9. Selle selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que le corps de chauffe (30) est disposé de façon amovible dans des conduits prévus dans les enveloppes (18, 20).
  10. Procédé de fabrication d'une selle (1) individuellement adaptée à l'anatomie d'une monture (2), selon lequel on fabrique d'abord un arçon de selle (4) et on le revêt de cuir ou similaire, et selon lequel on façonne les rembourrages (14, 16) qui s'appliquent sur le dos (3) de la monture (2) sur les troussequins (6, 8) ou les bars (10, 12) de la selle (1) selon les conditions anatomiques du dos (3), les rembourrages (14, 16) étant remplis d'une masse à forme variable (22), la selle (1) étant appliquée sur le dos (3) de la monture (2) et l'adaptation aux particularités anatomiques du dos (3) de la monture (2) étant réalisée in situ sur la monture (2), par moulage et fixation de la masse à forme modifiable (22), les rembourrages (14, 16) étant fabriqués en tant qu'enveloppes en soufflets (18, 20) et étant remplis avec la masse à forme modifiable (22), caractérisé en ce qu'on utilise en tant que masse à forme variable (22) des mousses déformables sous apport de chaleur, des éthylène-vinyle acétates, des granulés autodurcissants ou durcissant avec des stabilisants.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce qu'on échauffe les enveloppes (18, 20) remplies d'éthylène-vinyle acétate à une température d'amollissement et on les adapte ensuite au dos (3) de la monture (2).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce qu'on incorpore dans la masse d'éthylène-vinyle acétate un corps de chauffe (30) et en ce que l'échauffement de la masse (22) est réalisé par courant électrique.
  13. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 12, caractérisé en ce que le moulage et la fixation de la masse à forme variable (22) sont réalisés sous le poids d'un cavalier.
  14. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes 10 à 13, caractérisé en ce qu'on fixe les enveloppes (18, 20) sur des plaques supports (24) qui sont reliées avec les troussequins (6, 8) ou bars (10, 12) de la selle (1).
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce qu'on fixe les plaques supports (24) et ou les enveloppes (18, 20) par des moyens de fixation amovibles (26).
  16. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 13, caractérisé en ce qu'on fixe les enveloppes (18, 20) et/ou plaques supports (24) de façon interchangeable au moyen de fermetures auto-agrippantes, de boutons pression ou similaires.
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