US1037613A

US1037613A - Hitching-strap.

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Publication number: US1037613A
Application number: US68094112A
Authority: US
Inventors: Benjamin Gizzi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-03-01
Filing date: 1912-03-01
Publication date: 1912-09-03
Anticipated expiration: 1929-09-03

Description

B. G1221. HITGHING STRAP. APPLIUATION FILED MARA, 1912.

1 037,61 3, Patented sept. 3, 1912.

INVENTOR ATTORN EYS WITNESS ,l i I I g@ I ,i Y

COLUMBIA PIJNDGIAPH C0., WASHWIDN, B Cr BENJAMIN GI'ZZI, OF BELMONT, PENNSYLVANIA.

^ HITCI-IING-STRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3,1912.

Application filed March 1, 1912. Serial No. 680,941.

To all whom it may concern: g

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Gizzr, c1t1- zen of the United States of America, residing at Delinont, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new` and useful Improvements in I-Iitching-Straps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a hitching strap, and the primary object of my invention 1s to provide a strap that can be easily and quickly placed around the horses neck for safely hitching the horse to a hitching post or other structure.

Another obj ect of this invention is to furnish a hitching strap with an adjustable keeper for a snap hook, the keeper being of such construction that it cannot slip upon the strap and cause the strap to choke or injure a restless or fractions animal.

A further object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive and durable hitching strap that is highly efficient for the purposes for which it is intended.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now to had to the drawing; wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the hitching strap. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the hitching strap, and Fig. 4 is a plan of a portion of a hitching strap.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a rectangular keeper casing having the top thereof provided with a longitudinal groove 2 to receive a hitching strap 3. The groove 2 has the longitudinal walls thereof recessed, as at 4, and arranged in said slot and the recesses 4 is a clamping plate 5 corresponding in length to the groove 2 and having side enlargements 6 extending into the recesses 4. This clamping plate is adapted to frictionally hold the hitching strap 3 in the groove 2, and said clamping plate has a central vertical stud 7 that is screw-threaded and has the form of an ordinary screw.

Riveted or otherwise connected to the top of the keeper casing 1, as at 8, is a closure plate 9 provided with a central boss 10 and an opening 11. The walls of the opening 11 are screw-threaded to receive a screw 12 having a head 18 that telescopes the boss 10, said head having a wing or thumb-piece 14 whereby the screw 12 can be easily rotated. The inner end of the screw 12 has a bore 15 with the walls thereof screwthreaded to receive the lscrew-threaded stud 7, and by adjusting the screw 12, the inner end of said screw can be moved into engagement with the clamping plate 5 to retain the same in engagement with the strap 3. The bottom side of the keeper casing 1, at one end thereof, has a keeper 16 in the form of an eye or aperture lug, and the strap 3 has a snap hook 17 of the ordinary 0r well known type adapted to be in engagement with the said keeper.- The keeper casing 1 can be adjusted upon the strap 3, whereby, when the snap hook is placed in engagement therewith, the hitching strap will provide a loop 18 for a horses neck, the keeper casing being adjusted whereby the hitching strap will snugly t the horses neck adjacent to the throat-latch of the bridle. With the keeper casing firmly clamped upon. the hitching strap, the strap cannot slip and choke or injure the horse.

A strap in accordance with this invention obviates the necessity of tying the end of the hitching strap around the throat of a horse, and has the further advantage of being applicable to a rein that can be removed from the bridle and used as a hitching strap.

It is to be understood that the structural elements of my invention are susceptible to such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A hitching device for straps comprising a casing provided with a longitudinal groove for the reception of hitching strap, said groove having the longitudinal walls thereof recessed, a clamping plate mounted in said groove and provided with enlargements eX- tending into the recesses of said walls, a closure plate mounted upon said casing and provided with an opening and a boss, the wall of the opening forming a continuation of the inner face of the boss, said opening in the inner face of the boss threaded, a verti- `cally disposed threaded stud projecting In testimony whereof I aiix my signature through the opening and boss and Carried in the presence of two Witnesses. by said plate, an annular interior-ally and exterorally threaded member engaging said BENJAMIN GIZZI' stem and threads, a head carried by said Vtnesses:

member and overlapping` the boss and an MAX H. SRoLoVITz,

aperture keeper carried by said casing. CHRISTINA T. HOOD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.