US153445A - Improvement in harness coach-pads - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

ASA MCORAKEN, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESSy COACH VPADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,445, dated July 28, 1874; application tiled December 11, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AsA MCORAKEN, of Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness 5 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 pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in harness; andthe invention consists in a new mode of constructing the coach-pad, whereby it is made stronger and more economically than by the method heretofore in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an elevation of the coach-pad, one-half in section, showing its peculiar construction. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same.

O represents a coach-pad of novel construction; and in order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the saine, I will now proceed to describe the manner of its construction. Instead of the usual side straps, which are secured to the pad and carry the trace-bearers and belly-bands, I use a single strap, c, which extends from side to side and itself forms part of the pad. The depending ends or side portions are cut in proper shape, and the trace-bearers hare secured to it in their proper position. The central portion of the strap c, which forms part of the pad, is cut lengthwise through the middle, the cut extending from about oneinch below the end of the pad on one side to the same distance on the other. The patent-leather lining c2, after being shaped, is sewcd or basted, lesh side out, to the edges of the central or split portion of the strap c, a small leather roll or bead being' sewcd around the outer edges. The ends of the strap c are then put through the opening of the cut and pulled through, with the patent-lea-ther lining, turning it right side The steel saddle-tree or plate c, which is made the full width ofthe strap c, is then inserted through the cut to its position beneath the strap; the cut is then sewcd up, the pad stued, and the ends closed. The tracebearers are then sewcd onto the side pieces, and the patent-leather top c, which has been previously shaped, and it' desired stitched, is placed in position over the strap c, and secured by means of the coach-pad hook, rein-rings, and two bolts, t', being screwed through it and the strap c, into or through the steel plate c3; the points of the top piece c4 are then stitched down on the trace-bearers and strap, when the pad is completed, a proper loop for the attachment of the back strap being provided.

By my improved method of constructing the coach-pad I secure the following advantages: Increased strength, by reason ot' the strap c being all in one piece, forming the side pieces and part of the pad itself, and from the fact that I am enabled to use a wider and stronger steel plate. Heretot'ore the metal plate required to be about half an inch narrower than the patent-leathtu top piece, in order to give room to stitch a row on the edges ot' the leather outside or beyond the outer edges of the plate. By my improved method ot' constructionthat is, by sewing the lining' of the covered or hidden, and` that, the plate being Wider than the top piece, it holds` the binding ofthe lining up around the edge of the top piece, thereby making a neat and durable iinish. Itpwill also be obvious that by this method of construction a great saving in labor and material is eii'ected.

What I claim 'as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a coach-pad, thestrap O, cnt lengthwise through its middle to a point below the ends ofthe pad, for the purpose of stitching and turning the padcover c2 and receiving the tree or plate c3, and prolonged to form skirts to receive the girth and trace-loops,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of November, 1873.

ASA MCORAKEN.

Witnesses BENJAMIN ETTRIGE, MICHAEL R. DoLL.

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