US303869A

US303869A - Bridle

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Publication number: US303869A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-08-19
Anticipated expiration: 1901-08-19

Description

(No Model.)

L. S. LONGOOR.

BRIDLE.

No. 303,869. Patent-ed Aug. 19, 1884.

W ITNESEESI INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT Ei ieE.

LEONARD S. LONGGOR, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.

BRIDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,869, dated August 19, 1884.

Application filed March 25, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONARD S. LONGGOR, 'ol" Belvidere, in the county of Boone and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bridles, which improvement is fullysct forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bridle, showing my improved slide. Fig. 2 is a perspcctive view oi'a flexible bit, showing method of attaching the face-straps. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective View of the eyelet.

Heretoi'ore the face-straps inbridles have been made with a leather slide or loop to be moved down or up for the purpose of regulating the tension or pressure of the sliding bars or rings of the bridle-bits upon the jaws of the horse. The objection to the use of the leather loop or slide is in its lack of durability, as the strain to which it is subjected necessitates its frequent repairing, and also that the said slide is inclined to work or move upward on the straps. Vixen it is secured permanently to the straps it is incapable of adjusting for use in controlling different horses or for the varying dispositions of the same animal.

The object of my invention is to obviate these objections by applying the metal slide to the branches ofany ot'the known forms of face. straps in a bridle when said branches are attached in any suitable manner to the sliding bars, rings, or check-rings of a bit.

In the drawings, A is a bit of ordinary construction, having attached thereto the cheekpiece 13 and crown-piece C of ordinary construction, and secured thereto in the usual manner. The face-strap D is secured to the crown-piece in any suitable manner, and extends down in front, where it divides, and the ends thus formed are placed on the bit. The openings in the lower ends of the straps are provided with eyelets E placed therein, which are of a size suiiiciently large to slide on the bit. I prefer that the eyelets be supplied to the bit before the central joint or joints are linked together. The face-straps maybe applied [0 the eyelets afterward by slitting the apertures of the straps upward somewhat. F represents the gag-runner attached above the rosette to the crown-piece, and through which the rein passes. The check-rein G, attached to the bit and extending through the gag-runner to the water-hook, is of the ordinary construction. A slide, H, consisting of a frame, I, and a transverse bar, J is placed on the face-strap D and arranged to be moved upward and downward, as desired. W hen a slide of this kind is used in connection with .the eyelets and the style of the bits shown, the lower the slide is placed the more eii'ective it becomes, and, conversely, thehigher it is placed the less its action. The use of the former nose-band is dispensed with as interfering with the respiration of the animal, and also as disfiguring in appearance when facestraps of this kind are used.

lVhat I claim is 1. The combination, with the slide, of the facestrap extending from the bit in separate parts up the face to a point above the slide, and then in a single strap attached to the crownpiece above the rosette, the whole combined and arranged substantial] as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the lace-strap, its upper end attached to the crown-piece, its lower end in two parts, each having eyelets therein, with the slide and the bit, substantially as described.

In a bridle, the face-strap having the upper end secured to the crown-piece and mov' ably secured at its two lower ends upon the bit and combined therewith; and with an adjustable piece for fixing the ends in any desired position on the bit, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 85 have hereunto set my hand, this 12th day of March, 1884, in the presence of witnesses.

LEONARD S. LONGOOR.

Vi tnesscs J. C. STARR, R. E. ()SGOOD.