US198609A - Improvement in gig-saddles - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN M. GWINNELL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSI-.GNOR OF ONE-HALF i HIS RIGHT TO JACOB HUBER, OF SAME PLACE.

VIMPROVEM ENT IN GIG-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,609, dated December 25, 1877; application iled November 23, 1877.

To all whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. GwnvNELL, of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grig- Saddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which 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 letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifcation.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of gig-saddles; and consists in so constructing the saddle that it can be sold without any back-ba'nd, and, when subsequently fitted for any style of harness, a suitable back-band attached, in the manner now to be described.

In the drawings annexed hereto I have shown three diiferent styles or modes of car- A rying out my invention, the plan itself consisting in securing to the loop of the back-band a fastener of metal, which is adapted to fit into the saddle and hold the loop securely, while it is at the same time, if desired, removable, so that different styles of bands can be fitted to the same saddle. By this arrangement the inconvenience and expense necessary formerly to change a back-band are entirely obviated.

, To carry out my invention I use the regular leather loop or its equivalent; but in making the loop, instead of fastening the ends under the flap of the saddle, I stitch the ends to and around the head of a T-shaped piece of metal, the cross-piece at the top being shaped so as to be easily covered by the leather, and the upright center-piece of the T being providedwith a screw-thread, dovetail, or other device for securing it into the jiap.

I refer, of course, in this description to round loops, as the iiat ones offer no obstacle to the removal of the back-band, and the round part of the back-band is therefore inserted in the loop when the T-piece is secured thereto.

On the under side of the iiap I provide a piece of metal, which, with the flap itself, is

pierced to receive the upright of the T in the loop. To hold this T-piece in the ilap securely, I have devised several modes of construction, but do not limit myself to any particular form.

In Figures l and 2 of the drawings I have shown the T provided with a screw-thread, a, and the saddle fitted with a plate having a tapped hole in it to lit the thread. A is the iiap; B, the loop; C, the back-band; D, the T-piece; E, the plate; and F, the stiffener of iron--usually used under the iiap-I have riveted to the plate E at G.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown the T provided with a dovetail, and the plate with a slot, having-an opening to insert and remove the T. His the plate. I is the T-shaped fastening. J is the dovetail. K is the opening; A, the iiap, and F the stiii'ener.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the T-shaped piece is double, or provided at both ends with cross-pieces at right angles with one another.

Instead of a plate, I extend the stiffener beneath the loop, pierce it lengthwise with a slot, and thus secure the T-piece in the saddle, as the lower end of the T cannot be withdrawn when inserted in the slot and turned half-way around. The stem of this double T-piece being made square, and the slot of the same width, the back-band is prevented 'om turning off of the saddle when the T is put into the end of the slot.

In Figs. 5 and 6, A is the ilap; F, the stiffener L, the loop end ofthe double T-piece; M, the cross-bar at the other end of the square Shank N.

The slot O in the stiii'ener is enlarged in width in one place, to allow the shank N to be turned.

Having thus described several modes of securing the loop and back-band to the saddle, I do not limit myself to any precise mode of effecting that object.

I am also aware that some other construction of loop may be preferred to the leather eye and T-piece of metal united thereto, and I do not, therefore, limit myself to the use of a T-piece for uniting a detachable back-band to a gig-saddle; but

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my o'wn I hereto aix m'ysign 'ature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN M. GWINNELL.

Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, I. J. INsLEE.

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