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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. HUBBARD, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO O. B.-

NORTH 8U CO., OF SAME PLACE.

BREAST-STRAP HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part oi Letters Patent No. 271,851, dated February 6, 1883,

Y Application filed December 7, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom #may concern Be it known that l, GEORGE M. HUBBARDy- Improvement in Breast-Strap Hooks; andl do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, ini Figure l, a perspective view 5 Fig. 2, a side View.

This invention relates to an improvement in the article of saddlery-hardware commonly y called breast-strap hookthat is to say, the

hook in double harness by which the holdbackstraps on the end of the pole are engaged with the collar-the object of the invention being such a construction ot' the hook as. will not only make the detachment of the ring easy and simple, hold the ring in engagement with the hook, and give the required freedom for play oi the ring, but retain it in the same plane as the strap; and the invention consists in a frame forming a buckle or loop for'the attachment of the strap, an arm extending therefrom divided to form two hooks, of which the single arm will be the shank common to both, and the hooks stand respectively to the right or left of the arm, as more fully hereinafter described.

A represents the buckle-frame, and B the tongue. Y From the lower part ot' the buckle an arm, C, extends downward, its end divided into two parts, D E, and at the division the two parts are turned up to form the hook, the two parts practically forming two hooks from the single arm C, the said two hooks being substantially parallel with each other, their ends coming into about the same plane as the arm and so as to leave aspace, F, between the ends ofthe arm and the bar otthe buckle-frame for the introduction ot' the ring. The ringis first introduced into one hook, then turned until it can be entered under the opposite hook. The ring is then passed down between the two hooks and the arm, as shown, and therefore rests at the bend between the two hooks and the central arm. The two hooks being on each side the arm prevent the twistingot' t-he ring in the hook, so that it always stands in itsplace in the hook substantially asif hinged thereto, but yet is allowed periectlfreedoin. To detach the hook, reverse the operation of introduction.

The construction of the buekleis immaterial to this invention, or instead of the buckle it may be a loop at the upper endof the armi'or the breast-strap to pass through.

I clai'mv The hereindeseribed breast-strap hook, `consisting of a frame or loop for the attachment of the strap, and an arm, C, extending therefrom and terminating in the two parts D E, the two k

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