US303152A - Riding-saddle - Google Patents

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P. HAHN. RIDING SADDLE.

Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

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PHILIP HAHN, OFSEDALIA, MISSOURI.

RIDING-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming partofLetters Patent No. 303,152, dated August 5, 1884.

Application filed February 23, 1834.

Saddles, of Which the following is a full,-clear,

Fixed bars or plates A.

lbacks of different forms and shapes.

and exa-ct description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in Which- Figu're 1 is a perspective view of a ridingsaddle, part broken away, showing my improved pads appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a back view. Fig.4 is a trans* verse section. Fig. 5 isan inside View of one of the self-adjusting bars or plates removed. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail section taken on line 6 6, Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is asimilar View taken on line 7 7, Fig. 6. Fig. -8 is a perspective view, part broken away, of a side-saddle with my improvement applied.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of an ordinary finished saddle, having To the inner sides or parts of the saddle are lsecured self-adjust- Ing or automatic bars or plates B, which will rock and accommodate themselves to horses I have shown them connected to the saddle by the ibllowingmeans: l

G represents bolts screw-threaded on their inner ends and provided with heads on their outerLends. They pass through the body of the saddle and screw into blocks D. (See Figs. 6 and 7.) The blocks haveprojections I.

.I and L represent plates of metal secured to the bars B. The plates L have sockets N, which receive the inner ends of the blocks D. The sockets have inturned langes P, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, which engage over the projectionsI of the blocks D, and thus the blocks are'held to the bars B between metal surfaces. I have shown foar of these attachments-two for each bar-and it will be seen that these joints will allow the bars to rock and accom- (No model.)

modate themselves to the horses back. Their extreme positions are shown by dotted lines, Fig. 2. I do not Wish to coniine myself tothis mechanical means for making the attachment.

It is sometimes desired to raise the front of saddles, .to suit the notion of riders, and also to make them lit-properly on horses havinglow Withers. This can be easily done with myattachment by simply placing washers O between the front blocks, D, and the body of the saddle. (See Figs. (i and 7.) Any number oi' the Washers may be used as desired.

The bars B may be made of Wood, metal, composition, or other suitable material. I prefer to make the washers O oi' some elastic material.

By making the bars or plates B removable they can be taken oil, andthe saddle will then be in the condition ot an ordinary saddle,and can be used without the automatic bars.

I am aware that saddles have been heretofore constructed With self-adjusting bars, and therefore Ido not claim the same, broadly; but

What I do` claim, and desire to secure by Y Letters Patent, is-

, I. In combination with the saddle and bolts passing therethrough, the bars and blocks, the

blocks being connected to the bars by suitable

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