US473107A

US473107A - Check-hook

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Publication number: US473107A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 1909-04-19

Description

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Patented Apr. 19, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

KARL G. BAREIS, OF MADISON, WVISOONSIN.

CHECK-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,107, dated April 19, 1892.

Application filed June 19, 1891- Serial No. 396,795. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL GEORGE .BAREIS, an eX-subject of the Emeror of Germany, having taken out first naturalization papers as a citizen of the United States, residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Check-Hooks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which.

it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to check-hooks; and it has special relation to certain improvements upon the device covered by Letters Patent No. 446,277, granted to me February 10, 1891. The object of the invention is to provide a check-hook of this class of such construction whereby the strength and durability are greatly enhanced and which will furthermore possess advantages in point of simplicity, in-

, expensiveness, and general efficiency.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of the same detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a solid post, which maybe of any adapted or ornamental construction, and is preferably provided at its lower end with an enlarged base, said post being designed to receive the checkrein. From the underside of the post projects a stem B, threaded at its end, and upon the latter is adapted to be screwed a nut 0, whereby the device is secured to the harness-sa'ddle.

From the rear side of the post A, nearer its lower end, projects horizontally a lug C, bifurcated to form a vertical recess 0. D designates an arm, which is provided with a forcheckrein passes, and is held against accidental disengagement from the post. The upper end of the arm D is extended above the stud D and forms a lug d, by which the latter is withdrawn from engagement with the post.

For retaining the armDin normal position a spring E is provided, which is secured at its lower end to. the rear side of the base A. From its secured end the spring curves upwardly against the rear face of the arm and exerts its tension to retain the stud D in engagement with the recess therefor.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which'it appertains. To adjust the checkrein, the arm D is drawn rearwardly by means of the lug (1', thus withdrawing the stud D from the post A, when the checkrein may be looped over the post. When the arm is released, the stud engages the recess in the post, and consequently locks the checkrein against accidental engagement. It will be further obvious that the present invention is of such a construction as to permit the post A to be formed solid, whereby the strength and durability of the device are greatly increased.

I claim as my invention- The herein-described check-hook, consisting of an upright solid post having an enlarged base provided with a securing-stein, said post being provided with a recess or indenture near its upper end and with an integral bifurcated lug atits lower end projecting at right angles to the post, an arm proy ided near its upper end with a stud normally engaging said recess or indenture and at its lower end with a lug projecting in the same direction as said stud and pivoted in the bifurcated lug, and a fiat spring rigidly secured to the under side of the base and curved upwardly in close contact with the outer side of