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(No Model.)

H. MURPHY.

HARNESS CHECK REIN HOOK.

No. 300,494. Patented June 17, 1884,

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HUGH MURPHY, OF LOW ELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO HIMSELF AND FRANCIS MCCLOREY, OF SAME PLACE.

' HARNESS CHECK-REIN HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,494, dated June 17, 1884.

Application filed April 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all "whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH MURPHY, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Han ness Gheckltein Hooks; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification, and represented in the acconr panying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top View, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of a rein-hook containing my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claim hereinafter presented.

The article is to be fixed to the upper part or middle of the saddle of a harness, and is for hitching the check-rein.

In the drawings, A denotes the base of the rein-hook, such base having a horn, B, extending upward from it in a direction inclined to i it, as shown. To the said horn B there is fulcrunied a hooked lover or catch, E, which, arranged above the horn, has its fulcrum at a. In advance of the horn is a curved prong or arm, 0, which is hinged or jointed to the front part of the said base, and when in its rearmost position it is at its upper end against the horn .3, as represented, in which case the hook I) of the lever E extends over the contiguous ends of the horn and prong or arm, so as to hold the latter from being drawn forward by the check-rei 11 when hitched on such prong or arm. A spring, 13, fastened to the base and bearing upward against the tail of the hooked lever, serves to hold the said lever in engagement with the arm 0. A line or cord, F, attached to the arm 0 goes loosely through the horn and lever-eatch. Thereis also aline G, attached to the upper arm of the said lever-catch, all being as rep the lever catch, but with it to prevent the check-rein from getting out of engagement with the arm 0 when the latter is at its highest position. If, now, we suppose the cheekrein to be hitched on the arm, and such arm to be against the horn and held there by the lever-catch, the arm will be firmly maintained in such position while the catch is upon it. hen, however, it may be desirable to uncheck the horses head in order to enable him to move it downwarthwhether to drink or otherwise, the line G is to be pulled so as to elevate the catclrlever out of engagement with the arm. The horse can thenmove his head downward, and by the check-rein pull forward the said arm and the line F, the rein being at the same time hitched on the said line. When it may become desirable to have the horses head raised and checked up, the line F is to be pulled so as to raise the check-rein upon the arm 0, and draw backward the latter into engagement with the catch-lever.

The lines F and G are to be supposed to extend to the body of the carriage or vehicle to convenient positions to there be seized, as oocasion may require, by a person therein.

I claim The harness check-rein hook, a combination, substantially as set forth, consisting of the base A, horn B, pivoted arm (3, catch-lever E, and spring D, arranged and applied essentially in manner to operate as and for the purpose as represented.

HUGH MURPHY.

\Vitnesses:

Isaac BRADLEY, J OHN IVICSHEA.

resented. The horn B is not only to support i

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