US245836A

US245836A - Gag-runner

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Publication number: US245836A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 1898-08-16

Description

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B. W. JONES.

GAG RUNNER.

N0. 245,836. Patented Aug. 16,1881.

UNITE STATES PATENT QFFIQE.

RICHARD W. JONES, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

GAG-RUNNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,836, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed July 15, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gag ltunners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the means for securing the gag-runner to the strap in such manner that it may he removed and replaced at pleasure, and is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a. front elevation of a rigid runner, or one without a hinge. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof a hinged or swiveled runner. Fig. 3 shows the hinged runner applied to the strap. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same.

A represents the loop, which may be hinged or swiveled to the shank B, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5, or the loop and shank may be integral and rigid, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. At the back of the shank I provide two studs, a b. The stud a has a head or button transversely of the shank, which makes it practically ofT form, while the stud b is a simple straight pin.

The strap C is provided with an elongated hole or aperture corresponding with the form of the button-head, and adjacent thereto, or as far distant therefrom as the two studs are apart on the gag-runner, is a round hole or aperture,f, corresponding with the form of the straight stud or pin.

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To attach the runner to the strap the button-head is made to coincide with the long aperture in the strap, when it may be readily inserted. It is then turned until it is in line with thestrap, which, upon being slightly bent, the short stud may be readily inserted, and the gag-runner is firmly secure to the strap, and while it cannot he accidentally detached, may be readily removed when desired.

By my improvement Iain enabled to construct a gag-runner that is readily cast in one piece, or, when it is swiveled, 0ttwo pieces, provided with means for its ready attachment without sewing or riveting, and that can be removectand replaced, if it is desired to change the style, without injury to the bridle or other part of a harness.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim is- 1. A gag-runner for harness having the rear portion of its shank provided with a T-head or button and a straight stud or pin adjacent to each other, substantially as set forth.

2. A gag-runner for harness having the T- head or button a and the straight stud or pin 1), in combination with the strap of a harness, provided with an elongated aperture corresponding to the T-head, and a round hole adjacent thereto for the straight stud or pin, substantially as specified.

RICHARD W. JONES.

Witnesses:

L. E. J oNEs, (J. W. REISINGER.