US426674A - Sweat-pad for horse-coluars - Google Patents

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0. MOLLENCOPF. SWEAT PAD FOR HORSE GOLLARS.

No. 426,674. Patented Apr. 29, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER MOLLENCOFF, OF MALTA, ILLINOIS.

SWEAT-PAD FOR HORSE-COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,674, dated April 29, 1890. Application filed March 22, 1889. Serial no. 304,286. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER MoLLEN COFF, of Malta, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sweat-Pads for I-Iorse-Collars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of ref erence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sweat-pads for horse-collars; and it consists in the novel construction herein shown, described, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings I have shown in Figure 1 a front View of a sweat-pad constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a trans verse sectional view of the same, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of a portion of a sweatpad, taken upon the same line and showing a different manner of forming the same.

In the drawings, A is the sweat-pad, composed of a soft yielding absorbent materialsuch as feltand consisting of a main central portion a and enlarged margins a (L The enlarged margins 60' a are formed, as shown, by binding and rolling the marginal edges of the feltpad; but manifestly said enlarged or thicken ed portions maybe otherwise formedas, for example, by making. the mass of felt thicker at theseparts, as indicated in Fig. 3, in which a is the main portion of the sweatpad, and a and a are the thickened or enlarged marginal portions form ed integral therewith. The rolled or turned over margins are retained permanently in position by simply stitching longitudinally through a portion of the rolled or turned over part, as illustrated at a The pad may be composed. of one continuous piece of felt, or it may be made of two parts and said two parts stitched or otherwise united, as at a The dotted lines B show the position of the collar and illustrate the principal function of the two marginal enlargements a a or a ato wit, the holding of the sweat-pad in position between the neck of the animal and the collar without any straps or other clasps. Another function of the enlarged margins to a or a a is the stiffness which said rolled edges gives to the whole structure, enabling me to retain in shape the main portion a after the same has been shaped to conform to the neck of the animal.

The pad may of course be secured to the collar by the usual straps and buckles, if desired, and this may be a desirable feature if the pad be made in two portions.

I prefer to make the pad of one thickness of felt, and prefer also to have the smooth side next the neck of the animal.

hat I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, a sweat-pad for horse-collars, consisting of a single piece of solid felt and having its margins of greater thickness than the body or main portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER MOLLENCOFF. Witnesses:

C. CLARENCE PooLE, HARRY Conn KENNEDY.

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