US734004A - Bridle. - Google Patents

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No. 734,094. ,PATENTED JULY 21, 1903..

Y O. W. STIEGLER.

BRIDLE APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1903.

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0. W. STIEGLER.

BRIDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1903.

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NO MODEL.

Patented .Tui 21, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR XV. STIEGLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRIDVLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,001, dated July 21, 1903. Application filed March 12, 1903. Serial No. 147,364- (Nomodeh) T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR W. STIEGLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Man hattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to harness for a horse; and the said improvements hereinafter described relate more particularly to the construction of the bridle.

My invention contemplates such improvements as will permit of the use of a halter, the curb-bit, and a snaffie or watering bit at the option of the rider.

Heretofore, so far as I know, it has been the custom to provide a halter with a particular ki-ndof bitthat is to say, for a curb-bit a separate halter has been employed, to which the said bit is secured, and for a watering or snaffle bit a separate and distinct halter, towhich said snaffle-bit was secured, was employedso that if it became necessary to at any time change the character of the bit it was necessary to remove the entire halter from the horses head and substitute another halter carrying the particular bit desired; Furthermore, so far as I know, no means have been provided for permitting of the reining of the horse'in acordance with his mood or temperament or physical condition without removing the entire halter and bit and substituting another bit and halter.

My invention therefore has for its object to combine in one compact device a halter and; a curb and snaffle or watering bit, the halter to be a stationary part of the harness, to which either the curb-bit or the snaffle-bit and their respective reins can be readily attached or detached or employed simultaneously or in dependently of the other.

My invention therefore consists in the con struction and combination of parts hereinaf horse Fig. 4, a perspective elevation of the curb-bit and its associated parts; Fig. 5, an enlarged elevation of the snaflle-bit and its associated parts; Fig. 6, a side elevation, enlarged, of a portion of the curb and snaffle bits and halter and their associated parts; and Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation on the line an ac, Fig. 6.

In the drawings, Fig. 3 illustrates a halter of the usual or desired construction, which consists, substantially, in the forehead-strap 1, comprising the front and rear parts 2 3, hand-strap 4, throat-strap 5, nose-strap 6, comprising the sections 7 8, united by the frame 9, and a link 10, connecting the ring 11 on the nose-strap with the throat-strap, the straps being provided with buckles for adjustment in the usual way and the foreheadstrap, head-strap, and throatstrap being united at the foreheadstrap by the rosette 12, and to the ring 11 is secured the tie-strap 13 by the strap-hook 14, all in the usual way.

One part of my improvements consists in securing a tab 15 and buckles 16 or the like to any convenient portion of the halter, preferably to the head-strap 4 at or near the rosette 12, so that the tie-strap 13 after being rolled, as indicated in Fig. 1, can be passed through the buckle on the tab and there secured compactly against the horses head, d0-

ing away with the motion of the strap which has previouslylfollowed as a result of sus pending the tie-strap loose or folded from its connection with the halter-that is to say, it

has been customary to fold the tie-strap conveniently when not in use and suspend it from the halter either from the ring 13 or some such annoyance to the horse, which causes him to be more tractable, and make a compact and sightly harness fixture.

My improvements have particular application to harness equipments for military service, wherein preservation of the line of cavalry is exceedingly important and desirable.

Another important-requirement in'm'ilitary service is that the number of parts of the harness shall be reduced to a minimum, their weight and expensiveness made as little as possible, and as available space for carrying for various parts of the horses equipment is exceedingly limited their bulkiness has been a source of annoyance, and in order to reduce the size and number of these parts and render them more accessible, as well as to enable the expeditious change from one form of bit to the other or the employment of either form of bit without removal of either from the halter, I employ the following construction:

First, I shall describe the curb-bit and its parts, it being understood that the curb-bit is to be employed on untractable horses. The bit and its parts are shown in Fig. 4, to which reference is now had.

At 17 is the cross-bar, 18 the links, and 19 the pending side bars forming the body of the curb 10. At the end of the side bars are rings 21, to which the ends of the curb-rein 22 are adjustably secured by buckles in the usual way. Between eyes 23 on the links 19 extends the curb-strap 24, and between these eyes the curb head-strap 25, the end 27 of which isprovided with the usual means for fastening an adjustment, and between the end 28 is strap 29, engaging a buckle 30 on the head-strap and having a buckle 31, allowing of adjustment from the left-hand side of the horse, and from the curb headstrap extends looped tabs 32, for a purpose hereinafter described.

On the rear part 3 of the forehead-strap 1 of the halter is secured a tab 33, Figs. 1 and 2, above the stationary end of which is mounted a headed stud 34, the free end of the tab being provided with holes in the usual way for engagement with the stud to secure its free end to form a retaining-loop 35. To secure the curb head-strap 25 to the halter and maintain it in its proper position, it is only necessary first to pass the bit 20 into the horses mouth and throw the curb head-strap over the horses head, free the end of the tab 33 on the strap 3, pass the curb head-strap under it, and secure the end of the tab to the stud 34, and the curb-bit is in position with the rein over the horses neck, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

As will be seen in Fig. 4, the only necessary parts to the curb-bit when made in accordance with my invention are the head-strap, the bit itself, and the rein, which can be conveniently carried, and by its construction I have done away with the necessity of a separate halter for this particular bit.

The tabs 32 on the curb head-strap form means for more fixedly securing the headstrap to the halter; but for occasions where rapidity of change is required these tabs need not be used, for the tab 33 on the forehead-strap 3 forms means for adequately securing the curb-bit in position.

Should it be desired to employ a lighter bit, such as the snaffle or watering bit, by reason of the gentle temperament of the horse or the softness of his mouth or for other reasons,

it can be employed independently or conjointly with the curved bit.

Fig. 2 illustrates the snaflle-bit secured to the halter and the curb-bit removed.

Fig. 5 illustrates the snaflle-bit.

Assuming the halter to be free from either bit, as in Fig. 3, the snaflie-bit 36, which comprises the jointed links 37and rings 38, forming the bit proper, can be readily attached to or detached from the halter. At 39 are links connected at one end with the rings 38, securing the ends of the bit and links together, and at the other end of the links is a ring 40, and secured to these rings are the locking-bars 41. These bars have a lug 42 at one side, which is apertured and through which aperture the ring passes to secure the bars to the bit, and from the under side of said lugs depends a boss or stop 43. From the rings 38 extends the snafflerein 44, the rein being provided with buckles or the like for securement and adjustment.

To secure the snafile-bit to the halter, the ends of the locking-bars are passed upwardly along the halter head-strap 4 and through a loop on the halter head-strap, and this motion is continued upwardly until the stop 43 on the bar lies above the bottom cross-bar 46 of the frame 9, connecting the halter headstrap and the front and rear portions of the halter nose-band, when it is passed through and then pulled down, so that said stop has engaged the lower bar of said frame, thoroughly securing the bit in position. The tabs 32 on the curb head-strap 25 can now be employed to secure the head-strap firmly to the halter and avoid motion between the two. To do this, before the bar 41 is passed through the loop 45 and secured in position, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7, the tab 32 on the curb headstrap 25 is passed into the frame 9, as illustrated in Fig. 6, and the upper end of the bar 41 passed through the tab before being passed through the loop 45 on the halter headstrap, the parts being then secured in position, as before described. It will thus be seen that the separate curb head-strap and snaffle -bit can be securely expeditiously united to the halter and movement between the parts avoided, and to disengage the parts to remove the head-strap and the curb-bit or the snafile-bit, or both, it is only necessary to raise the bar 41 above the bottom cross-bar 46 of the frame 9 and pull out the end of the bar 41 from engagement with the loop 45 on the halter head-strap and tab 32 on the curb head-strap, when either or both of the parts will be free to be moved. Thus it will be seen that I dispense entirely with separate halters for each form of bit, thereby reducing the number of necessary parts of the equipment, and provide means for expeditiously securing or removing either form of bit to or from the halter, allowing of the conjoint use of both or separate use of either, at the same time providing a neat, light, and economical securing said head-strap to the top of the halter, tabs on the head-strap adjacent its ends, and a bar for securing the tabs to the halter.

2. The combination in a harness, of a halter, a separate curb-bit provided with a headstrap, means for securing the head-strap to the halter, a separate snaffle-bit, and further means for detachably locking the curb-head strap and the snafiie-bit conjointly to the halter.

3. The combination in a harness, of a halter, a curb-bit having a head-strap, means for securing the head-strap to the halter, a snaflie-bit, a locking bar or bars on the snaffle-bit, means for securing the locking-bar to the halter, and further means for uniting the curved head-strap and said locking-bar.

4:. In a harness, the combination with the halter, having the frame 9, the head-strap 25,

the tabs 32 on the head-strap, and the locking-bar 41 havingastop engaging the frame 9. 5. In a harness, the combination of the halter having the frame 9, of a bit, the lockingbar 41, secured to said bit, a stop onthe loc'k ing-bar bearing on the frame 9, and a loop 45 on the halter securing the bar to the. halter, the loop and stop forming two points of connection of the bit to the halter.

6. In a harness, the combination of the halter having the frame 9, of a curb-bit, the loop 45 on the halter, asnaffle-bit, the locking-bar on the snaffle-bithaving the intermediate lug and stop 43, the said ba'r engaging the loop and the stop to the frame 9.

7. In a harness, the combination with the halter having a tab 33 secured to and stud 34 extending upwardly from its forehead-band 3, and a curb-bit havinga head-strap adapted to be secured by said tab and stud, in front of said band, a snattle-bit, and means for detachably connecting the head-strap and snaffie-bit conjointly to the nose-band of the halter.

Signed inthe city, county, and State of New York this 24tth day of February, 1903.

OSCAR W. STIEGLER.

Witnesses:-

JOHN R. SULZER, ALPHONSE STALLER.

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