US2450719A - Horse collar - Google Patents

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Oct. 5, 1948.

L. Y. DAVIS HORSE COLLAR Filed March Y, 1947 Patented Oct. 5, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORSE COLLAR Lee Y. Davis, Atlanta. Ga.

Application March 7, 1947, Serial No. 733,099

2 Claims.

l This invention relates to horse collars, and more particularly horse collars having pneumatic pads.

Considerable experimentation has been made with horse collars having pneumatic pads or cushions to bear against the shoulders of the horse. One of the disadvantages of this type of collar has been the difculty encountered in repairing the collar in the event of a rupture of the tube. The uninlated tube will give no protection to the horses shoulder, and the shoulder will quickly gall. Time-consuming labor has been involved in making repairs to the tubes of the known pneumatic collar.

An object of the present invention is vto pro vide a pneumatic collar in which easy access may be had to the inflated tube so that the tube may be quickly removed, repaired, and replaced, or a new tube installed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pneumatic collar in which the entire neckencircling pad section is dispensed with and the shoulder pads placed upon the haines.

It is a further object of the invention to provide such a horse collar which is of extremely simple, yet rugged and inexpensive construction.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description of the invention taken in conjunction with the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front View of a horse collar einbodying the principles of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a front view of a single hame with the cover plate and tube encasing material removed;

Figure 3 is an elevational view of the inside face of the cover plate;

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, and f Figure 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1, the View being on an enlarged scale.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the collar comprises a pair of haines I, connected at top and bottom by means of straps 2 and 3. The straps are provided with buckles so that they may be unfastened to place the collar about the neck of a horse. Strap 2 is passed through openings Il near the top of the haines, and strap 3 through similar openings 5 near the bottom. The hames are of somewhat conventional shape, and are provided with the usual rings 6 for reins, and attaching means 1 for the traces.

A pneumatic tube 8 is positioned upon the back of each of the hames, and held in place by means of a cover cloth 9, the cover cloth serv ing not only to secure the tube to the hame but to protect the tube by preventing it from contacting the shoulder of the horse. The cloth en` closes lthe tube and passes around the hame, the free edges being caught beneath a cover plate IB, the coverv plate being screwed or otherwise fastened to the hame. It will be noted that the hame is provided with a recess I3 into which the tube seats. This prevents the tube from sliding and becoming displaced. It further protects the tube by holding it stationary and thus reducing the frictional wear which might otherwise occur by the tube shifting back and forth on the hame.

To ensure the retention of the cover cloth in proper position, the hame is provided with a rib I I upon its face which comprises two vertical legs which substantially follow the contour of the hame and are spaced slightly inward from the side edges of the hame, and two transverse legs connecting the upper and lower ends of the vertical legs, the transverse legs being positioned inwardly from the top and bottom of the hame.

The cover plate is provided with a companion recess I2, the recess being slightly wider than the rib to accommodate the combined thickness of the rib and cover cloth. The free edges of the cover cloth are turned inwardly around the side edges of the hame and laid across the rib. The cover plate is then placed over the hame, the recess I2 tting down over rib I Irand cramping the cloth over the rib.

By this arrangement the tube may be tightly bound to the hame regardless of the amount of pressure carried by the tube. The tube may be inated to the desired pressure and the cloth then secured in place. Repairing 0r replacing the tube is quite simple, as al1 that is required is to remove the cover plate and the cover cloth and tube are then free. To replace, the tube is positioned against the back of the hame, the cover cloth placed around the tube and hame and over the rib II, and the cover plate fastened in position. l

Although a preferred and practical embodiment of the invention has been disclosed herein, the invention iscapable of taking other forms than that specifically described and shown herein Within the scope of the` appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A horse collar comprising, a pair of haines releasably connected together, a pair of pneumatic tubes one for attachment to each hame, means for covering and supporting said tubes, and cover plates releasably secured to said haines, said hames being provided with ribs and said cover plates being provided with companion reoesses to engage said covering means.

2. In a horse collar, a hame, a pneumatic tube placed on the rear face thereof, Iiexible means for surrounding said tube and said Haine, with its free edges on the front face of said haine, a cover plate releasably attached to the front face of said hame, and companion means on said REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

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