US259987A

US259987A - Trace-carrier

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Publication number: US259987A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-06-20
Anticipated expiration: 1899-06-20

Description

(No Model.)

. W. H. MAIN.

' l TRACE CARRIER.

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WILLIAM H. MAIN, OF BOSOOBEL, WISCONSIN. l

TRACE-CARRIER.

SBECIFICATIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,987, dated June 20, 1882.

Application filed February 15, 1882. (No model.)

' to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

Figure l is a top plan of the device before the leather of the harness is attachedl to it. Fig. 2 is a top view ot the present invention as it appears in the harness; Fig. 3 is a detail of modification of the bolt and spring.

This invention relates to that class of devices called trace-carriers, and the novelty consists in the peculiar construction and combination of the parts, whereby a very simple, efficient, and cheap device is produced, all as will now be more fully set out and explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes a. metal frame, the front part, a, of which is adapted for attaching the ends of the backstrap B of the harness, which is secured thereto. In the sides a', between a and rear bars or connecting-piece, C, are also convenient places to attach the side straps, D D, in like manner.

The bars or connecting-piece C are constructed in any suitableway, so as to afford seat or socket for the bolt E and spring F, which is attached thereto. The shanks of this bolt at the ends project through the sides of the frame, and the buttons on said ends are pressed by said Aspring against or upon the hooks Gr, which extend from the end of the frame. The end ofthe crupper-'strap H may be sewed over this bar G, and thus lcover the shank of the bolt and the spring, but will in no way interfere with the operation ot' the bolt or spring. 4It merely coversand completes the said seat or socket for the bolt, dto. It will be observed that this bolt is so placed as to work transversely of the frame. This bolt may be made in two parts, as now shown in Fig. l, and so that said parts can slide on each other, the two parts in their normal position being Aabove described, engage on and connect with the hooks G, when the device is in use, and allowthe bolt to be operated in like manner.

This device has very many important advantages, being so placed that the bolt is actuated transversely of the frame, and having the heads ot the bolt always automatically pressed against the hooks, on which the cockeyes are placed. It is almost impossible that the cockeyes should be in any ordinary or usual condition of use accidentally disengaged from the hooks or dislodged from their hold on them; and the frame is so made that it presents no points or elevation on which the lines can hitch or engage. It is wholly and entirely out of the way of the lines, nor can the horses tail, when switched about to drive away the flies, catch upon or in this device; and it' a horse should lby any chance roll when in the harness this device would not hurt him, n or would he in so doing be likely to break this tracecarrier.

The deviceis very easily used. By a very rslight pressure of the'forefinger or thumb and foreiin ger the bolt can be moved from the hook on either side and the cockeye placed thereon, and then, the pressure being released, the boltheads cover the hooks and hold the cockeye securely; and, nally, this device does not in the least disigure the appearance of the harness, and, more than that, it can be madepositively an ornament to the harness.

Having thus described my invention, what I consider new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. ln a trace-carrier, the seat or socket C, extending across the frame and carrying the spring-bolt E, constructed substantially as described, and adapted to be actuated alternately or simultaneously inrelation with the side IOC sprngbolt E, made in two parts, so that said stantinlly in the manner and for the purposes parts can slide on each other, substantially as set forth. 1o set forth. In testimony whereof I aix my signature in 3. A trace-carrier consisting of the frame A, presence ot' two Witnesses. 5 provided with two sidel hars, which are extend- VILLIAM H. MAIN.

ed to form the hooks G, and having bolt E, Witnesses: surrounded by spring F, the ends of the bolt E. O. SPEEGELBERG, adapted to engage with the said hooks7 suh- GHAS. E. MUFFLEY. 1