US492241A - Bridle-bit - Google Patents

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R. SEARS & L. B. LINDSEY. BRIDLE BIT.

No. 492,241. Patented Feb. 21,1893.

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ROBERT SEARS AND LUCIEN B. LINDSEY, OF SPOKANE, TVASHINGTON.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 492,241, dated February 21, 1893. Application filed August 9,1892. SerialNo. 4%,538. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT SEARS and LUOIEN B. LINDSEY, both of Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Bridle- Bit, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in bits which are used in driving bridles. In using an over-draw it is customary to attach the over-draw to a small metallic bit which is carried in the mouth of the horse, and pulling on the bit has a tendency to make the horses mouth sore, and it is very unfavorable for the horse. The ordinary driving bits are also hard on the mouth, and as usually con structed they are likely to be drawn lengthwise through the mouth so as to bring the rein ring or the rein into the mouth, thus injuring the mouth and perhaps making the horse unmanageable.

The object of our invention is to overcome these difficulties and to produce a simple, easy and strong bit which may be conveniently applied to any ordinary driving bridle and to the mouth of a horse, which will prevent the too great slipping of the main bit, and which will act as a rest for the chin of the horse so that he can be checked up in the usual way without the least discomfort and Without injury to his mouth.

To this end our invention consists in certain parts and combinations of the same as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawingsforming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bridle provided with our improved bit and applied to a horse; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the bit; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 8-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4: is a cross section on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

The improved bit is made preferably of leather so that it will be very easy to the mouth, but it may be made of any desired material, and instead of a bar bit, as shown, a jointed bit may be used.

The bit 10 has elongated end loops or slots 11,

in which are secured the usual rein rings 12, to which the driving reins 13 and bridle cheek piece 14 are attached. The bit 10 is also preferably provided with projecting end pieces 15 of leather, which arranged on the back side of the bit and which serve as guards to the sides of the horses mouth and prevent the mouth from coming in contact with the reins. A chin strap 16 is adapted to pass around underneath the horses chin, and the end portions of this strap extend through the loops 11 and the back portion or middle portion of the strap is provided with a pad 17, which comes in contact with the chin and is therefore easy for the horse and will not injure it. The ends of the strap 16 terminate in the rings 18, which are adapted to project upward on the opposite sides of the horses muzzle, as shown in Fig. 1, and which are adapted to connect with the lower end portions of an ordinary overdraw 20. If desired a nose band may be secured to the rings 18. When the bridle is applied the bit 10 is inserted in the horses mouth in the usual way and the strap 16 is slipped beneath the chin. When the overdraw 20 is checked up it raises the horses head in exactly the usual way, but instead of the weight of the horses head on the metallic bit resting against the roof of the horses mouth, the weight comes upon the pad 17, so that the horse is as comfortable as he possibly can be with his head checked up.

It will be seen that the mouth is thus entirel Y relieved from all excessive strain and as the ends of the strap 16 project through the bit and inside of the rings 12, the said strap will act as a guard and prevent the bit from being drawn through the mouth and the rings. 12 from coming in contact with the mouth. The loops 11 are made sufficiently long so that the bit 10 may have the necessary endwise movement, and it willbe readily seen from the foregoing description that the bit will be very easy to the mouth, and that the horse may be checked up without in anyway 5 injuring his mouth or interfering with his breathing. It will also be seen that any form of a metallic bit may be used in connection with the strap 16 as long as the bit has end loops, slots or keepers to receive the strap.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Let tors Patent 1. The combination with a bridle bit having end loops or slots, at the ends of its mouth piece of a chin strap adapted to extend beneath the chin of a horse and having its end portions projecting up through the bit loops to render freely therein and adapted to connect at their upper ends with a check rein, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with the bridle bit having end slot or loops, of a chin strap adapted to extend beneath the chin of a horse and having a central pad to fit against the chin, the strap being held to move freely in the loops and having its ends adapted for attachment to a check rein, substantially as shown and described. 7

3. The combination with a bridle bit hav ing end loops or slots which receive the rein rings, of a chin strap having its end portions extending up through and rendering freely within the loops and inside of the rings, and an over draw Cl160k,S6Cl11(-)(1 to the upper ends of the said chin strap substantially as shown and described.

ROBT. SEARS. LUOIEN B. LINDSEY. Witnesses:-

SIMEON P. FRANCIS, J. F. MCLEMAN.

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