US49743A

US49743A - Improvement in horse-collars

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Publication number: US49743A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1865-09-05
Anticipated expiration: 1882-09-05

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

O. J. FISHER, OF WAUKON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-COLLARS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,743, dated September 5, 1865; antedated August 27, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O. J. FISHER, of Wau kon, in the county of Allamakee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HorseOollars 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,whicl1 will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a front View of my invention; Fig. 2, a rear view ot' the same; Fig. 3, a section of the same taken in the line a' x, Fig. l.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in constructing a horse-collar with a wooden front portion, the rear being of leather' or other llexible material, stutted or padded, said wooden portions being provided with a leather yoke or pad and connected by a strap, all being arranged as hereinafter set forth, whereby a great saving is effected both in labor and material` and a very easy and comfortable collar for a horse obtained.

A represent two wooden pieces, which are cut out or formed precisely like the front part of an ordinary leather horse-collar, as shown clearly in Figs. l and 2. The lower ends ot' these wooden pieces A A are connected by a strap, a, or any suitable fastening, and to the rear ot' A A a leather or other flexible or soft substance is secured and stuffed or padded, the wood forming about one-half the material of the collar. The two wooden pieces A A are connected by aleatheryoke or pad, B, the

latter being secured to A A by bolts b b, which pass through bars C O at the outer sides of the wooden pieces A A, the bars t?- O extending a tritle above A A and connected by a strap, said strap clearing the yoke or pad B.

rIhe wooden pieces A may have a series of holes for the bolts b to pass through, to admit of said bars being adjusted higher or lower, as desired, and the bars O O may each be provided with asteady-pin to lit in one ot' said holes. By this arrangement it will be seen that the downward strain or pressure is all on the yoke or pad B, and as the latter is connected to A A by bolts b, which not like pivots, it will be seen that the yoke or pad will move to correspond with the movement ofthe neck ol' the horse, and will also conform to the shape ot' the top and sides of' the ncck,and held to the proper width by the strap at the upper ends ot' the bars O O.

This collarmay be very cheaply constructed, a saving being effected both in labor and time.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The. wooden front parts, A A, ot the collar, connected at their upper ends by a yoke or pad, B, 0f leather or other ileXihle material, substantially as set forth.

2. The attaching ofthe yoke or pad B to the wooden pieces A A by the bolts b, in connection with the bars O C, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

O. J. FISHER.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. MoCLAsKEY, LEROY O. BEAECE.