US1036750A - Horse-boot. - Google Patents

Description

` c. B. TUTTLB.

HORSE BOOT.

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAB. 2v, 190i.

1,086,750. Patented-Aug. 27, 1912.

. UNITED sTATEs .PATENT oEEToE.

CHARLES B. TUTTLE, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

HORSE-BOOT.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known thatI, CHARLES B. TUTTLE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, inthe county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse- Boots, of which the following is a specication, reference being had `therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to the construction of a horse boot of the kind generally known as a bell-boot, and consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts whereby I am enabled to make a very light boot, which will protect the horse, and which has the greatest iiexibility, so as not to interfere with the free movement of the joint, and which is also adapted to adjustment to hoofs of Varying size; all as more fully hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved boot, showing in dotted lines the hoof of the horse to w ich it is to be applied; Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective through one side of the boot; Fig. 3 is a plan of the blank from which the particular construction of boot shown may be made; and Fig. l is a section similar to Fig. 2, of a slightly modified construction.

The boot is made of two casings, the inner casing A and an outer skirt or protective casing B, joined together at or near the top and otherwise unattached, so that at the rear, at least, where the angular motion of the joint takes place, such motion will be permitted with the least resistance by the sliding of the skirt member over the inner casing. These two members are substantially bell-shaped, and at their meeting edges are preferably adapted to overlap and be clamped upon the hoof by adjustable securing devices, such as the straps C and D, one strap for each member. These straps I have shown as passing through pockets E, F, in the members; the pocket E being at the lower edge of the inner member, and the pocket F being at a higher point intermediate the outer member and near the top of the boot. The buckle ends ofthe straps I secure as by stitching,vand t-he other ends I pass through apertures a and b in the two casings, respectively, sufficiently back from the edgeto permit the overlappin referred to without buckling of portions o? the boot.

The bootthus described I preferably make,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Allg. 27, 1912.`

Application filed March 27, 1909.

Serial No. 486,187.

from a single piece of soft, pliable leather, and this I may do by making a blank G, as shown in Fig. 3, having the flap o which, when the two edges of the boot contact, will form an overlap at the joint; otherwise the blank is rectangular. j

Centrally of the blank I make a series of double pointed apertures eZ which, in dressmaking parlance, are known as darts, and also, at the edge, I make the V-shaped cuts, e, Ilikewise darts.

The darts Z are pointed at both ends, gradually enlarging, and then are contracted somewhat near the middle. 'Ihe edges of both sets of these darts are drawn together and sewed, and the blank is then folded along the lines it, z', lo, the resultant structure being of the bell shape described. The flaps, or inturned end portions, Z, m, are sewed at n, o, to their respective members, and form the pockets described, for the straps. I also preferably cut the flaps r over the buckles, these flaps having slits s for the strap ends to pass through after they are buckled, as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 4L I have shown the construction somewhat modified from that appearing in Fig. 3, in that the flaps m and Z are omitted from the initial blank and are formed by separate pieces.

t is the part which takes the place of the flap m, and it may be, and preferably is, a piece of comparatively rigid leather, curved in cross-section to conform to the bell-shape of the inner casing, and stitched at separated points to form a pocket for the strap D in the manner already described. u is a stri which takes the place of the flap Z, and 1s secured to the lower edge of the inner casing and extended up across the outer face thereof, and stitched at its' upper edge, so as to form the pocket for the strap C. By making these pieces of separate leather, or other material., I may make them heavier than the body of the boot, where this is desirable, and not in any way interfere with the exibility desired. v

In use, the device can be opened, applied to the hoof, and adjusted and clamped in position by the straps. The bending down at the upper edge, due to the angular movement of the hoof, will result in bending in the upper edge of the boot, and the sliding of the skirt member over the inner member giving perfect yielding effect, with the least possible resistance to the joint movement of the horse. I make the boot of light flexible leather, to give the best results in lightness and flexibility.

While the buckles are usuall)7 applied to.

the front of the hoof, it makes little dierj l upper folded portion of flexible material and ence if the device slips around, as` it is flexible at all points in its circumference;

What I claim is:

l. A boot for horses comprising a single piece of leather on other leXiblQ nlateria'l` folded upon itself' to form; an inner,` bellshaped eireulareasing, and an outer skirtof complementaryshape, the end aps; at op.-- posite ends. being folded in to form pockets E, F, and securing strapsv in thepookets.

2.v Abbot-for horses formed fromA a single having a marginal series of: darts, and; e

an intermediate series of darts, the blank 1 being doubled at about the middle of the inl termediate series of darts, and securing devices. for the edges of the boot.

3.v A bell-boot for horses, comprising an inner and outer bell-shaped portions4 depending therefrom, the parts of said `folded portion being free to slide one upon the other and forming the sole; connection between said belrlrshapedY portions.

ln testimonyv whereof' I ailiX Inysignature presenoe of two Witnesses. Y

CHARLES B. TUTTLE.. Witnesses;

JAMES; I?.` BARRY?, ADEL/mmf Amies.

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