US1028545A - Whiffletree-hook. - Google Patents

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Wane? I I I P. COLLINS. WHIFFLETREE HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.21, 1912.

Patented June 4, 1912.

l I I E-a/nfi Co Him/s PATENT ornrcn FRANK COLLINS, OF LYNNVILLE, TENNESSEE.

WHIFFLETREE-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4., 1912.

Application filed March 21,1912. Serial No. 685,267.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANK CoLLINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynnville, in the county of Giles and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vhifiletree-Hooks, of which the following is a specification, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in whiflietree hooks for connecting the ,trace to the end of the whiifletree and has for its primary object the provision of a simple, efficient and inexpensive device of this character whereby the trace will be at all times securely held upon the. end of the whiffietree.

A further and more specific object of the invention resides in the provision of an elongated U-shaped holding member pivotally mounted upon the end of the whifliet-ree, said \vhifiietree having a beveled face with which the intermediate or bight portion of the holding member to which the trace is connected co-acts, and means on the whifflet-ree normally acting to prevent pivotal movement of said holding member in one direction.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a whiflletree hook embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the hook.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5 designates the whiffletree, the end of which is chamfered or beveled as indicated at 6. Upon the end of the whitHet-ree a metal cuff 7 is secured thereon by means of the rivet 8. This cufl' is provided with pivot studs 9 at diametrically opposite points.

The hook or trace holder proper consists of a single piece of heavy wire 10 bent into elongated U-shaped form and having its extremities coiled as at 11 and loosely mounted upon the pivot studs 9. The intermediate portion 12 of the hook or loop extends across the beveled face 6 on the end of'the whiflietree and to this intermediate portion of the hook the end of the trace 13 is connected. Lugs 14 are formed on the cuff 7 adjacent to its end and are each provided with an inclined face 15 over which the longitudinal portions of the elongated loop or hook are adapted to be forced so that said longitudinal portions will lie behind said lugs and maintain the intermediate portion of the hook in close proximity to the beveled face 6 of the whittletree. It will of course, be understood that the longitudinal portions of the wire hook have suflicient resiliency to permit them to be forced over the inclined detach the trace to said book.

In the use of the device when the whiffletree is mounted upon the draft bar, the beveled face thereof is disposed rearwardly, so that when the animal pulls forwardly upon the trace, the forward pull upon the outer end or intermediate portion of the hook causes the same to closely bind the end of the trace between the beveled face of the whifiletree and said hook. When the trace is slack, the lugs or pins 14 will effectually prevent the rearward pivotal movement of the hook. In this manner, the trace is at all times held in engagement upon the end of the whitfletree and its accidental detachment therefrom effectually prevented.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction and manner of operation of my improved whiffletree hook or trace holder will be clearly understood.

The device is very simple in construction, may be inexpensively manufactured and is highly efficient and serviceable in practical use.

The device can also be easily and quickly applied to the whittletree without necessitating any material alterations thereof.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the various parts, it will be understood that the device is susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential feature or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is 1. The combination with a whitlletree having a beveled end face, a longitudinally extending elongated hook pivotally mounted at its ends upon the whitfletree and having its intermediate portion disposed across said beveled face and in close proximity thereto, and lugs with which the longitudinally extending portions of the hook co-act to limit the pivotal movement thereof in one direction.

faces of the studs 14 in order to attach or r 2. The combination With a WhifHetree having a beveled end face, of an elongated U-shaped hook longitudinally disposed upon the WhifHetree and pivotally mounted thereon at its ends, the intermediate portion of said hook being adapted to cooperate with the beveled face of the whimstree to retain a trace in engagement there With, and stop lugs provided With'beveled surfaces over which the longitudinally extending portions of the hook are adaptedto' be forced, said lugs limiting the pivotal movement of the hook in one direction.

, 3. The combination With a vvhiflietree having a beveled end face, of a cull secured upon said Whifiietree provided With oppositely disposed pivot studs,'an elongated 7 U-shaped hook pivotally mounted upon said studs at its ends and extending longitudinally upon the WlliiHGtIGB, the intermediate portion of the hook being disposed across the beveled face of the Whifiiletree and in close proximity thereto to retain a trace connected to the intermediate portion of the hook in engagement with said beveled face, and stop lugs formed on said cuff pro- 7 FRANK COLLINS.

lVitnesses:

J. T. MARTIN, H. F. MOLAURINE.

v Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. G.

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