US2034474A

US2034474A - Riding saddle frame

Info

Publication number: US2034474A
Application number: US737590A
Authority: US
Inventors: Knetsch Guido
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-05-04
Filing date: 1934-07-30
Publication date: 1936-03-17
Anticipated expiration: 1953-03-17

Description

Filed July 30 19:54

FlE i INVENTOH" Guido Knet'sdl.

Patented Mar. 17, 1936 STATES PATENT ()FFIQE RIDING SADDLE FRAME Guido Knetsch,

Berlin, Germany 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a riding saddle frame with longitudinal side parts made of plywood and connected at the rear part.

According to the invention fibre or plywood strips are arranged in the space between the longitudinal parts and are extended up to the rear fork and strongly curved.

According to a further feature of the invention the head strap which is preferably made of chromium-nickel steel, is inserted in a recess in the front fork of the saddle so that the withers of the horse cannot be injured. The strap is preferably connected to the front fork by screws. As compared with known saddles in which the head strap is fixed by rivets, this construction presents the advantage that the head strap can easily be exchanged.

Finally the longitudinal side parts are according to the invention connected at an obtuse angle with the middle part comprising the fibre strips, so that a hollow space is formed between the longitudinal side parts and the back of the horse. This is best illustrated in Fig. 3 where it will be seen that the under faces of the side members I lie at an obtuse angle with respect tothe horizontal and contact the body of the horse snugly and comfortably. At the same time the longitudinally extending strips 3 lie high enough above the contacting faces i of the side members I to provide the aforementioned hollow space within which the backbone of the horse may lie out of actual contact with the saddle. Here the animal is indicated at H.

All these measures present the advantage that 35 the spine and the withers of the horse are free and only those portions are loaded which by nature are suitable as supports.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:--

Fig. 1 shows the saddle frame in bottom plan view.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view upon line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a metal head strap adapted to fit in the recess 4 of the saddle frame.

The invention resides in the saddle frame and has been so claimed. It is common practice in the saddle making art to form suitably shaped frames of wood or like material and to cover the same with leather. I contemplate following this standard practice though the external leather cover is not of the essence of the invention.

The frame of the saddle comprises the side members I made of plywood. These side plates lie in spaced relation to each other and are spanned and joined at the rear by a curved, preferably, plywood, part 2 which is glued or otherwise secured to the top of the side members or plates I. At the forward ends of the side members are outwardly and downwardly flaring wings l and these side members and wings are covered on top and bottom by the leather covering I, some of the securing stitching by which it is drawn taut being indicated at l As before stated, the space between the side members I is filled with longitudinally extending curved strips 3 of fibre or like strong resilient material and the portion I, which lies between and connects the sides I at the front end of the saddle, is provided with an'underside recess 4 for the reception of the intermediate bowed portion 7 of the head frame F. The terminal ends of the head frame are secured by the screws f to the wings l Thus the wings while lying low enough to engage the body of the animal well down its sides for proper bracing of the saddle, are stiffened and supported, while at the same time the bowed portion of the head frame is caused to be wholly above the under face of the portion I within which the backbone of the animal lies and cannot possibly injure the same.

I claim:-

In combination, a saddle frame comprising longitudinally disposed side frame members of plywood spaced from each other to leave a space between them, a transverse member uniting the side members at their rear ends, the rear ends of the side members being curved upwardly, the forward ends of said side frame members terminating in downwardly and outwardly flaring wing portions, a filling portion between the side frame members adjacent the front end thereof, the under side of which is provided with a transverse recess, a metallic head frame of arch formation, the intermediate portion of which is received in said recess and the terminal end portions of which are removably attached to said wings, the space between said side frame members receiving a plurality of longitudinally extending rearwardly and upwardly curved strips, the said wings extending a material distance below the bottom line of the remainder of the saddle frame and the under sides of the side frame members presenting an obtuse angle with respect to the horizontal at the point at which they contact with the body of the animal.

GUIDO KNETSCH.