US1103576A - Rosette for bridles. - Google Patents

Description

T. A. POX. ROSETTE FOR BEIDLES.

APPLICATION TILED .IEB. 2, 1912.

1,103,576., Patented July 14, 1914.

lm h1g8? T l-ligiNigR. Wk a was y j 1 WW ATTORNEYS UN TE ans THOMAS A. FOX, OF NEW/ARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE STEFFENS-AMBERG GO.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ROSETTE FOR BRIDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed. February 2, 1912. Serial No. 675,079.

of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rosettes for Bridles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in harness; and, the present invention relates, more particularly, to a novel harness-attachment in the form of a rosette for use with bridles.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a novel rosette for bridles with a view of providing a rosette which has great durability and strength, is of a simple construction and ornate configuration, and is adapted as a means of connection between the front, crown, cheek and throat-straps of a bridle, with a view of providing an ornament or attachment of this character which is more easily applied to the various straps of a bridle, and in which a great deal of the stitching of these straps is obviated.

The invention has for its further object to provide a rosette or ornament of the character hereinafter more fully set forth which is also admirably adapted for use in connec tion with the hip-straps and other parts of a harness.

lVith the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel rosette or harnessattachment hereinafter more fully set forth, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a pictorial representation of a horses head and a bridle provided with a rosette embodying the principles of the present invention, showing its use as a connector for connecting the various straps of a bridle. ig. 2 is a face view of the rosette, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same, said section being taken on line 33 in said Flg; 2.

Similar characters of reference are emindicate corresponding parts. 7

-Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates the crown strap, 2 the front strap, 3 the cheek strap, and 4 the throat strap of a bridle, all of ment or rosette 5 made according to and embodying. the principles, of the present invention. The said ornament or rosette 5 is preferably of a circular marginal configuration, and it consists, essentially, of a main central body, as 6, the outer face of which is preferably convexed, as at 7 and upon its reverse side of the said body 6 being preferably recessed or dished out, as at 8. Extending from the marginal edge-portions of the said central body 6, preferably at four points, and at the quadrants of a circle, are radiating arms or extensions, as 9, the said arms or extensions 9 being connected by suitable arc-shaped members or elements, forming a ring-shaped element, as 10, which is concentric with the main central body, all arranged so as to provide the ornament or rosette with four elongated and arcshaped openings, as 11, through which the respective front, crown, cheek and throat straps are passed and secured in substantially the manner represented in said Fig. 1 of the drawings. To prevent wear and tear and chafing of the various straps, the said arc-shaped members or elements 10 may be preferably of circular cross-section, as will be clearly evident.

Of course, it will be evident, that some changes may be made in the general ornate configuration of the device, as well as in the general arrangements and combinations of the several parts of the device, without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as defined in the clauses of the claim which are appended thereo. Pence, I do not limit my present invention to a rosette having the general ornamental configuration herein described and shown, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the arrangement and construction of the parts as herein set forth and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Patented July it, 1914.

ployed in the said above described views, to

which are connected by means of an orna- I claim 1. A rosette for the bridles of harness, comprising a main central and outwardly conveXed body of circular marginal configution, an outer ring-shaped element concentric with said central body, and radiating arms extending at intervals from the mar- "ginal edge-portion of said bodyand con nected with said ring-shaped element, said ring-shaped element and said radiating armsbeing of greater thickness than the main central body, all arranged to provide a series of four arc-shaped o-penings for securing in the respective openings, the front, crown, cheek and throat-straps of the bridle, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A rosette for the bridles of harness, comprising a main central body of circular marginal configuration, an outer ring- ;shaped element concentric with said central and throat-straps of the bridle, substantiallyv as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of January, 1912.

THOMAS A. FOX.

Witnesses:

HENRY A. lVLEYER, LAMONTE CowLns.

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

Washington, D. G. I

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