US104455A

US104455A - Improved side-saddle tree

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Publication number: US104455A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1870-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 1887-06-21

Description

y W. HILL.

N- V I SIDE SADDLE TREE 0; 104 455. v Patented June 21, 1'870- WI'LLI ADIHILL, NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 104,455, dated June 21, 1870.

IMPROVED SIDE-SADDLE TREE.

The schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the some To all whom it may concern "Be it known that IrWIL InM HILL, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inside-saddle Tree; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming partof this specification. T This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in trees for, side-saddles, whereby the strength,

beauty, andutilitypf'that article are increased, while i 3 it is greatly simplified in itsconstruction, and its cost diminished; and

It consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fllllYjdBSCllbGd.

In the accompanying drawing-- Figure 1 represents a top orplan view.

Eigure 21s a side view. 1

Figure 3is a vertical cross-section of fig. 1, on the lineman. i

1 Figure 4isa vertical cross-section of fig. l on theliney'y.

Similar. letters of referenceindicat-e corresponding A A represent the bars of thetrce, which are two a separate pieces, formed and placed so as to fit the 1 back of the horse each side of the spine.

. These bars are connected together at the front and 1 a rear, at the front by the metallic horn-piece B, and at the-rear. by the seat .0. l p The seat is 'a concaveeir'le, divided as seen in fig.

1', with each of its wings, I) E, firmly attached to its bar by a straight joint, as more distinctly seen in fi g. 4.

Instead of continuing forward the wing D, and building it up to the horn, as is ordinarily done, Iter- -miuate the seat andwing at the point F, which saves a great deal of labor and unnecessary expense. The horn-piece B may be in either one or two pieces.

In this example of my invention, two pieces are riveted together; theupper piece forms the horns, andthe lower one straps, g and h, which are firmly riveted or fastened to the bars, as seen in fig. 3.

I By this mode of construction, the tree is reduced from the ordinary clumsy affair now in use to its proper symmetry and proportions. It is light, but

strong, with no unnecessary material, while, for the ease andv comfort of both rider and horse, the form is perfect.

Having thus' dcscribed'my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The seat 0, the bars A A, and the horn-piece B,

constructed, arranged, and combined substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The wing D of the seat of a side-saddle tree, when terminating before it reaches the horn of the saddle, substantially as shown and described.

3. In combination with a side-saddle tree, the hornpiece B, when constructed with the straps g and h, by means of which the front ends of the bars A A are connected together and supported, substantially as described.

WILLIAM HILL.

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