US729742A - Hame attachment. - Google Patents

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No. 729,742. PATENTD JUNE 2, 1903. 'f

' P.H. DU BOIS.

HAME ATTACHMENT.

APPLIGATLON'HLBD JUNE 24, 1901.

No MODEL.`

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UNITED STATES Patented :rune 2, 1903.

PHILIP II. DU BOIs, OE WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

HAM E ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming* part of Letters Patent NO. 729,742, dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed .Tune 24, 1901. Serial No. 65,849. (No model.)

To all whom imag concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. DU BOIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterloo, in the'county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Vuseful I-Iame Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hame attachments.

The obj ect of the present invention is to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive attachment for llames designed to Vdispense with the use of an ordinary horse-collar and adapted to be readily applied to llames of the ordinary construction and capable of adjustment to adapt the hames to the neck of the animal to which they are applied.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective vlew of a pair of hames constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View illustrating the manner of securing the side pads to the harnes. Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the construction of the adjustable connection to which thetop pad is pivoted. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the hame-fastener.

Like numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlugs.

' 1 1 designate side pads provided with upper and lower straps 2 and 3 and arranged at the inner and rear faces of a pair of hames 4 and adapted to itagainst the shoulders of a horse or other animal to take the place of an ordinary horse-collar. The upper and lower straps, which are provided with suitable buckles, encircle the hames and secure the pads to the same, and the said pads may be constructed of any suitable material, as will be readily understood. The llames are detachably secured together at ,their lower ends by a haine-fastener 5, and they are secured near their upper ends by straps G to an adjustable connecting device composed of two approximately L`shaped sections '7, having upright arms 8 and approximately horizontal arms 9. The upright arms 8 are provided at opposite sides with fianges 10, receivin g the upper portions of the haines and having slots 11, through which pass the straps 6, which secure the sections 7 to the harnes. The upper arms 9 are provided with side iianges 12, having perforations 13, adapted to receivea transverse fastening device 14, whereby the sections are adj ustablyconnected. The arm of one section ts between the flanges of the arm of the other section, and the transverse hame-strap 15, which connects the upper ends of the hames, is received be tween the side iianges l2 and is held by the same out of contact with a top pad 16, which is pivotally connected to the lower ends of the upright arms 8 of the sections 7. By adjusting the upper arms of the sections on each other the distance between the hames may be increased and diminished and the said hames may be readily arranged Ato fit animals of different sizes.

The toppad 16, which is arched, is connected at its ends to the arms 8 by rivets 17 or other suitable pivots, and it is adapted to rest upon the neck of an animal, and the pivotal movement will permit the hames to yield to horse motion without causing the top pad to rub the neck of the animal.

The haine-fastener, which is` adapted to be Aused on different portions of a harness for a snap-hook, consists of a hooklS, having a shank 19 and a springs actuated plate 20, mounted on the shankaud adapted to close the mouthof the hook. The shank is recessed to receive a spring 21, which is retained in therecess by a plate 22 and by the said plate 20, which is slotted, as indicated in Fig. 6. The stationary plate 22 is secured to the shank of the hook by fastening devices 23,.

which also fasten a metal strap 24. to the device. The movable'plate is provided with a transverse portion 25, located between its ends and engaged by the coiled spring 21, which holds the outer end of the slide normally in contact with thebill of the hook. The

metal strap is doubled orbent at its center to.

form two sides and to provide a bend `or loop which is linked into the loop at the lower end of one of the hames, and the hook 18 engages the loop of the other llame. The strap 24 may also be supported by a transverse piece IOC 26, arranged as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings.

It will be seen that the hame attachment is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to take the place of an ordinary-horse-collar, and that the pivotally-monnted top pad will prevent the neck of a horse or other animal from becoming chafed.

What I claim is- The combination with a pair of hames, of an attachment comprising a pair of laterallyflanged hame -engaging plates provided at their upper ends with vertically-flanged eX- tensions, adjustably nested together and pro-

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