US322087A

US322087A - James m

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Publication number: US322087A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 1902-07-14

Description

(No Model.)

J. M. BASINGE R.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

Pate nted J uly 14, 1885.

N. PETERS, PhulwLiihognpher, Wuhington, D. C.

JAMES M. BASINGER, or BUFFALO, nnwronrr, ASSIGNOR or onn-nALu TO PRATT 8t LETOHWORTH, OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

QPECIIFICATION i'orzning part of Letters Patent No. 322,087, dated July 14, 1835.

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

To all whont it may canccrn:

Be it known that 1, James M. BASINGER, of the city of Buffalo, in the. county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates toan improvement in that class of harness-buckles". in which the-strap is secured tothe buckle without sewing or riv- 1Q eting, and in which both ends or thicknesses of the strap; can be attached to the buckle and be adjusted thereon independently of each other, and without"'relnovingthe strap from the buckle.

I in the construction of abuckle, which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims, whereby ,the buckle is rendered more convenient'in use and enabled to be cast without coring. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of my improved buckle applied toa strap, Fig. 2is a side elevation-of the buckle, with one end of 2 the strap attached thereto. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section of the buckle applied to a hamestrap for connecting both ends of a haine,the buckle being shown reversed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the buckle.

Like letters ofreference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A A represent the side bars of the buckleframe, both ends of which curve upwardly, and are connected by end bars, b b. The side bars, A A, are formed with a central raised portion, a, and two depressed portions, or a, on opposite sides of the central. raised portion,c1, and adjacent to the raised ends of the side bars. 0 represents a central cross-bar connecting the central raised portion,a,of the side bars, and D D represent two intermediate cross-bars arranged between the central cross-bar,0,and the endbars, I) hand connecting the depressed portions a a of the side bars, A A. The central cross-bar, 0,-is provided with two vertical studsor tongues, c f, arrangedon opposite sides of the cross-bar, the tongues, projecting upwardly from the top of the bar 0, and the tongue f downwardly from the opposite 0 side of the bar. The strap G is attached to the buckle by inserting one end of the strap My invention consists of theimproveinents through the opening between one of the end bars, 6, and adjacent cross-bar D, and under the central cross-bar, thence over the opposite cross-bar D and out under the adjacent end bar. The portion of thestrap resting under the central crossbar is provided with a suit able opening, which engages over the downwardly-projecting tonguef, whereby one end of the strap is securely attached to the buckle. The opposite end of the strap may now be in. serted through the opening between one of the end bars and cross-bars D, and over the central crossbar,0, and out through the opening between the crossbar D and end bar, b, on the opposite end of the buckle, the portion of the strap resting over the central cross-bar, G,be-

ing provided with a suitable hole,which cn-i gages over the upwardly:projecting tongue 6, whereby the opposite end of the strap is at tached to the buckle independent of the other end.

When the buckleis designed to be used for connecting the ends of a haine'strap, the buckle can be attached to the strap near the center of the strap by drawing the strap through the buckle below the end bars and center cross bar and above the intermediate cross-bars,

and engaging the tonguefin a hole formed'in the center of the strap, as shown in Fig. 2. Both ends of the strap, after being inserted through the hanierin 's or loops, which are not shown in the drawings, may be securely attached to the buckle by engaging both ends H over the opposite tongue, e, as shown in Fig.

strap, and the curved center portion, a, per-' mits the portion of the strap which is engaged over the tongue cto be readily disengaged from the tongue and adjusted without disturbing the opposite end of the strap which is engaged over the tongue f. By attaching both ends, or different portions of the strap to the buckle on opposite sides of the center crossbar, as shown, either end or portion of the strap can be readily adjusted on the buckle,

as may be required, independent of the other end or portion of the strap; and without removing the end or portion of the strap from the buckle. V

The buckle herein described and shown forms a neat and substantial means of connecting the two ends of a strap, and does away with sewing or otherwise securing the buckle to the strap.

The buckle can be readily adjusted and secured to any portion of the strap, and can be applied in a variety of ways for securing the different parts of a harness.

My improved buckle is readily cast without coring, and can be produced at comparatively small expense.

I am aware that buckles have heretofore been constructed with reversely-curved side bars;

' and I am also aware that buckles having a central cross-bar provided with tongues arranged on opposite sides of the central oross-barhave heretofore been made, and these constructions I do not claim.

JAMES M. BASINGER.

Witnesses:

JNo. J. BONNER, CARL F. GEYER.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 322,087, granted July 14, 1885, upon the application of J runes M. Basinger, of Buffalo, New York, for an improvement in Harness-Buckles, it erroneously appears that Pratt & Letehworth were assignees of one-half interest in said invention, whereas they were assignees of one-fourth interest only and that the said Letters Patent should he read with this correction therein that the seine may conform t0 the record of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed, eountersigned, and sealed this 29th day of September, A. D. 1885.

[SEAL] H. L. MULDROW,

Acting Secretary of the Interior. Countersigned M. V. MONTGOMERY,

Commissioner of Patents.