US2932930A

US2932930A - Halter

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Publication number: US2932930A
Application number: US828867A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank E Ray
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1959-07-22
Filing date: 1959-07-22
Publication date: 1960-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 1977-04-19

Description

April 19, 1960 F. E. RAY 2,932,930

HALTER Filed July 22, 1959 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS United States Patent HALTER Frank E. Ray, Livonia, Mich. Application July 22, 1959, Serial No. 828,867 6 Claims. (Cl. 54--24) This invention relates horse.

An object of the invention is to provide a halter which in many ways resembles one form of a conventional halter that is widely used but which is so constructed that pressure applied to the halter lead chain does not so displace the halter upon the horses head as to bring any portion of the halter into overlying relationship with or uncomfortably close to an eye of the horse.

A further object is the provision of a halter of the character described which is effective in controlling the horse but which is so constructed that the halter cheek straps which extend from the throat latch and crown portion of the halter and on opposite sides thereof to the nose strap and chin strap portion of the halter will retain their intended positions remote from and below the eyes of the horse and will not be displaced while the halter is in use so as to interfere With the horses eyes.

A further object is the provision of a halter of the character herein described which has two cheek straps disposed on opposite sides and which cheek straps are cut somewhat in the form of an arc so as to extend downwardly away from the eyes of the horse. These cheek straps, though possessing suflicient flexibility for their use as parts of the halter, are resistant to any flexing or buckling which would tend to displace them upwardly to interfere with the horses eyes. The check straps, while normally flexible, are relatively inflexible toward the concave side of the strap and within the plane of the strap.

A meritorious feature of the invention resides in the provision of the halter for the purpose described wherein a crown strap is connected at opposite ends with a throat latch by suitable connecting rings, and a nose strap is connected at opposite ends with the chin strap by suitable connecting rings, and generally arcuate cheek straps extend along opposite sides of the halter and are connected at opposite ends with the crown strap rings and the nose strap rings. A lead chain is connected with one crown strap ring below the cheek strap and extends therealong and slidably through the ring at the opposite end of the cheek strap and extends therefrom along the nose strap and is wrapped thereabout and extends through the ring at the opposite end of the nose strap, all as hereinafter more particularly described.

The above objects and others will more fully appear from the following description, claims, and accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved halter disposed upon the head of a horse;

Fig. 2 is an elevation partly in perspective of the opposite side of the halter from that shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the halter is shown as comprising a crown strap 10 which extends over the crown of the horses head. This strap is formed in two end sections and one of these is provided with a buckle 12 whereby the halter may be adjustably fastened upon the horses head. Opposite ends of this crown strap, which may to an improved halter for a 2,932,930 Patented Apr. 19, 1960 be formed of leather or any other suitable material and which is relatively flexible but suificiently strong and rugged to serve its intended purpose and may commonly be formed of a two-ply leather strap wherein the two plies are stitched together, are provided with rings 14. To these two rings 14 is secured a throat latch 16. This throat latch may, like the crown strap, be formed of the same material and might preferably comprise 'a twoply stitched leather strap. This throat latch and crown strap constitute what might be termed the crown throat portion of the halter.

The halter includes a nose piece or nose strap 18.

This nose strap extends over the nose of the horse andis provided at each of its two opposite ends with a nose strap ring 20. A chin strap, which is formed in two sections and each of which is identified as 22 and which sections are connected together by a ring 24, extends between the nose strap rings 20 as shown particularly in Fig. 2. The nose strap and the chin strap assembly constitute the nose-chin portion of the halter.

A throat tug or strap 26 is connected at one end with the ring 24 and is looped loosely about and connected at the opposite end as at 28 with the throat latch 16. This connects the crown and throat portion of the halter with the nose and chin portion underneath the horses head.

The halter includes two cheek straps or cheek pieces each of which is indicated in the drawing as 30. These cheek pieces may be formed of two-ply leather straps stitched together. They are cut generally in the form of an are as shown, being cut so as to extend downwardly away from the eye of the horse. While each cheek strap is sufiiciently flexible to serve its purpose in conforming with the shape of the horses head, it is relatively resistant or inflexible to bending or buckling upwardly or toward the concave edge of the cheek strap.

The cheek strap may be reinforced, if desired, to impart greater resistance to such bending by having a piece of metal, plastic, or the like, such as indicated by dotted outline and the numeral 32, interleaved between the two leather plies. This may be done but it is not believed that it will generally be necessary because the two-ply stitched leather strap cut as shown possesses what is believed to be sulficient resistance to upward buckling or bending.

The rings which have been identified as 14 and also as 20 are herein referred to by the same terminology as a ring. It is noted, however, that the rings 20 have side loops 34 with which the opposite ends of the nose strap 18 and the ends of the two cheek straps 30 are shown as connected. The word ring is intended to designate either form of ring shown and it is apparent that if desired, any other suitable form of ring or a suitable buckle might be used in place of such ring. The term ring is intended to designate any such means.

A suitable lead, which may be in the form of'a chain, at least in part, indicated at 36, is shown as releasably connected at one end at 38 to a crown strap ring 14. From such ring 14 it extends downwardly and forwardly alongside and underneath the cheek strap 30 and through the ring 24 to which the opposite end of the cheek strap is connected. Such chain then extends through the ring 20 and alongside the nose strap 18 and is preferably wrapped one turn about such nose strap 18 and then extends through the opposite nose strap ring 20 on the other side of the halter. The free end of the lead is available for the trainer to grasp in leading the horse.

It has been found that a halter provided with cheek straps as hereinabove described will maintain its normal position on the horses head and will not be pulled sufficiently to one side by pressure exerted on the lead to displace a check strap upwardly so as to interfere with an eye of the horse. The substantially arcuate shape of the cheek straps as shown curved downwardly away from the eye and their relative inflexibility prevent this displacement of the halter which is a common occurrence with conventional halters of the same general character.

What I claim is:

,l. A halter for a horse comprising a crown strap and a throat latch portion, a nose strap and a chin strap portion, and two complementary opposed cheek straps extending between and connecting opposite points of the crown strap and throat latch portion with opposite points of the nose strap and chin strap portion on opposite sides of the halter, each cheek strap being formed with a somewhat arcuate curvature to project downwardly away from an eye of the horse.

2. A halter for a horse comprising, in combination a crown strap and a throat latch connected therewith forming a crown throat portion, a nose strap and a chin strap connected therewith forming a nose-chin portion, a throat tug extending between and connecting the throat latch with the chin strap, two opposed complementary cheek straps extending along opposite sides of the halter between and: connecting the crown throat portion and the nose-chin. portion, each cheek strap being shaped substantially in the form of an arc to project downwardly away from an eye of the horse and being relatively resistant to bending upwardly within the plane of the strap.

3. A halter for a horse comprising, in combination, a crown strap having a ring at each of its two opposite ends, a throat latch connected with and extending between said rings, a nose strap having a ring at each of its two opposite ends, a chin strap connected with and extending between the nose strap rings, two opposed complementary cheek straps positioned on opposite sides of the halter and extending between and connecting the crown strap rings with the nose strap rings, each cheek strap being shaped somewhat in the form of an arc projected downwardly'away from the adjacent eye of the horse.

4. A halter for a horse comprising, in combination, a crown strap having a ring at each of its two opposite ends, a throat latch connected with and extending between said rings, a nose strap having a ring at each of its two opposite ends, a chin strap connected with and extending between the nose strap rings, two opposed complementary cheek straps positioned on opposite sides of the halter and extending between and connecting the crown strap rings with the nose strap rings, each cheek strap being shaped somewhat in the form of an are projected downwardly away from the adjacent eye of the horse, and a flexible lead connected at one end with one crown strap ring and extending therefrom downwardly and forwardly alongside the cheek strap connected with the same ring and through the nose ring on the same side of the halter and then extending along and about the nose strap and through the other nose strap ring. a

5. A halter for a horse comprising, in combination, a crown strap having a ring at each of its two opposite ends, a threat latch connected with and extending between said rings, a nose strap having a ring at each of its two opposite ends, a chin strap connected with and extending between the nose strap rings, two opposed complementary cheek'straps positioned on opposite sides of the halter and extending between and connecting the crown strap rings with the nose strap rings, each cheek strap being shaped somewhat in the form of an are projected downwardly away from the adjacent eye of the horse, each cheek strap provided with a somewhat arcuate relatively flexible reinforcement laminated therewith to resist flexing of the cheek strap upwardly toward.

the concave side of the strap.

6. A halter for a horse comprising, in combination, a crown strap having a ring at each of its two opposite ends, a throat latch connected with and extending between said rings, a nose strap having a ring at each of its two opposite ends, a chin strap connected with and extending between the nose strap rings, two opposed complementary cheek straps positioned on opposite sides of the halter and extending between and connecting the crown strap rings with the nose strap rings, each cheek strap being shaped somewhat in the form of an arc projected downwardly away from the adjacent eye of the horse, said cheek strap being relatively inflexible to bending toward its concave side, a lead chain connected at one end with a crown strap ring and extending therefrom downwardly and forwardly alongside the cheek strap which is connected with the same ring to and through the nose strap ring with which said cheek strap is connected and then extending along and about the nose strap and through the ring at the opposite end of the nose strap.

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