US571684A - Riding-saddle - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

C. W. PERGIFIELD.

RIDING SADDLE.

No. 5713384. Patented Nov. 17, 1896.

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CLARENCE \V. PERCIFIELD, OF RISING STAR, TEXAS.

RIDING- SADDLE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,684, dated November 17, 1896.

gerial No. 592,176. No model.)

To (all who/11, it may (ware/'11 Be it known that I, Cnannncn W. Penci- FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rising Star, in the county of East-land and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Riding-Saddle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to riding-saddles, and has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction. of this class of devices and to increase their durability.

The improvement consists, essentially, of constructing the scat, front, .rear, and middle jockeys and cantle of a single piece of stout leather and having the rear quarter laced or otherwise connected in the rear of the cantle, and in such other details of construction and arrangement of the parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated, and claimed.

The invention also aims to combine with a which cannot be conveniently stored about.

the person. and which are desired to be transported in comparative safety and with comfort to the rider.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and. to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ridingsaddle constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail section showing the means for detachably conneetin g the bag or pocket to the saddle. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the rear quarter and cantlc.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference-characters.

The saddle comprises the seat 1, middle jockeys 2, front jockeys 3, rear jockeys l, and cantle 5, which are covered or formed from a single piece of stout leather or other suitable material, thereby obviating the provision of intermediate or connecting seams. The rear jockeys i are extended to form the rear quarter, and are connected at their upper edges by a lace (3 or other suitable fastening. The seat I. and rear quarter are separated by the cantlc 5, and the latter is protected on its rear side by acovering which is stitched to the cantle-binding. The stirrup-straps 7 pass beneath the middle jockeys and the seat 1 and enter recesses formed in the inner face of the side pieces of the tree. The pominel S is surmounted by a horn .l and is covered by loathe r or similar material in the usual w y,'the said covering being stitched to the front portion of the seat 1 and the top edge of the front jockeys 53.

By having the seat, the cantle, and the several side jockeys formed of a single piece of leather, seams are avoided and the saddle is easy and comfortable both to the animal and the rider and is more durable, inasmuch as there are 110 threads or stitching to become worn and separated.

To prevent the seat from sinking between pearance of the saddle, strain cr-irons are provided and extend lengthwise and crosswise of the tree over the space formed between the said side bars. The position of these double strainer-irons will be readily understood by any one conversant with the construction of saddles, as they come beneath the seat and opposite the space between the side bars of the tree.

The bag or pocket 10 is of usual construction, and its open side is closed by flap 11, provided with a strap 12 to engage with abuckle 13 for securing the flap when closed. Rings lat are attached to the upper edge of the bag and are placed between the flap 11 and the back of the bag and are fastened in any substantial way, preferably by rivets, which pass through the rings, the flap, and the back of the bag. Snap-hooks 15 are applied to the inner side of the rear jockey and receive the rings 14c and admit of the bag being removably attached to the saddle.

the side bars of the tree and preserve the ap- Having thus described the invention; what is claimed as new is 1.; In a riding saddle, the combination with the cantle, of rear jockeys having their upper portions extended and meeting in the rear of the cantle, forming a rear quarter, and means for securing the meeting edges of the upper extensions of the rear jockeys, substantially as set forth.

2. In a riding-saddle having a pominel and cantle, a seat, eantlerfront, rear and middle jockeys formed of a single piece the front portion of the seatand the top edges of the front jockeys being secured to the poinlnelcovering, and the rear jockeys bein extended and meeting in the rear of the cantle, and means for securing the meeting edges of the rear jockey extensions, substantially in the CLARENCE W; PEROIFIELD.

itnesses J. H. BALES, M. W. WYATT.

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