US1489506A - Harness connecter - Google Patents

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April 8, 1924. 1,489,506

' J. C. NICHOLS HARNES S CONNECTER Filed May 22. 1923 Juhn E -Nichnls Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

UNITED STTES JOHN C. NICHOLS, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

HARNESS CONNECTER.

Application filed May 22,

1 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. NICHOLS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness Connecters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to a harness connecter. V

This case constitutes one of a series of cases filed simultaneously having elements cooperating td form a harness without stitching.

In harnesses as previously constructed, it has been the practice to pass leather straps through metal rings or US and to stitch the strap in place. This was found unsatisfactory as the strap rapidly wore through at the point where it embraced the ring, and as the stitching was frequently out or worn out in a short time.

7 This invention is designed to overcome the above noted defects, and objects of such invention are to provide a harness connecter which is so organized that it is not necessary to stitch the strap together at the point where it is joined to another portion of the harness or to a metal ring, in which the connecter is reinforced by the strap in such a manner that the connecter is not called upon to bear the entire stress transmitted by the strap, and to provide a connecter which insures a metal to metalcontact, thereby protecting the leather strap from abrasion.

Further objects are to provide a harness connecter having a hook adapted to engage a ring or other member and equipped with transverse bars adapted to guide and hold the strap closely adjacent the free end of the hook so as to insure the retention of the ring within the hook, and to provide means integrally formed with the protector for securing the free end of the strap.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof showing the strap in position, and showing the device engaging a ring or D.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

1923. Serial N0. 640,685.

The harness connecter comprises a body portion having parallel side walls 1 and preferably provided with forwardly converging arms 2. These arms merge into ahook 3 which pro ects outwardly from the body portion and has its free end turned inwardly thereof. The side walls are connectedon the side of the center line on which the free end of the hook is positioned by an outer and an inner transverse strap-guiding bar 4 and 5, respectively. If desired, the side walls may be inwardly curved or cut out as indicated at 6 to further lighten the device. 7

A third transverse bar 7 joins the sid walls and is located intermediate the bars 4: and 5 and upon the opposite side of the center line of the device. This transverse bar is provided with an inwardly directed prong 8 which, if desired, may be provided with a curved end portion, as shown in Figure 2.

In using the device the hook 3 engages a I ring or D 9. A strap 10 is passed beneath the bars 4 and 5, around the hook 3, folded over the transverse bar'7 (see Figure 2), and the prong 8 carried by such bar is passed through an opening in the terminal portion of the strap thus securely holding the end of the strap in place.

It is to be noted that when stress is transmitted by the strap that the device is not called upon to bear this entire strain, but that the strap is wrapped around the hook 3, carries the major portion of the strain, and reinforces the hook. It is also to be noted that a metal to metal contact is se-' cured between the ring 9 and the hook 3 and that wear of the strap by the ring is prevented. Obviously, if the straight portion of a D is used, the hook 3 may be relatively rectangular in cross section, whereas, for a round ring, the hook may be of lesser extent and curved transversely, as shown in the drawings.

It will be seen that a harness connecter This materially lessens the cost of in a very light and sturdy harness connecter.

Although one form of the invention and one use thereof has been described in considerable detail, it is to be understood that the invention may take various forms and the device may be employed in different capacities. It is, therefore, to be understood that the invention is to be limited only as set forth in the appended claim.

I claim:

A harness connecter comprising a body portion having parallel side Walls, a hook extending outwardly and turned back and directed inwardly, a pair of transverse strap-guiding bars arranged in spaced relation With one of said bars located adjacent the free end of the hook, and a third trans verse bar intermediate said pair of bars and spaced from the plane containing the said pair of bars, said third bar having means for retaining the end of a strap, whereby a strap may be secured by said means, passed around said hook, and beneath said pair of bars.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State oi:

lVisconsin.

JOHN C. NICHOLS.

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