US753835A

US753835A - Holder for hitching-weights.

Info

Publication number: US753835A
Application number: US16248703A
Authority: US
Inventors: George M Albee
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1903-06-22
Filing date: 1903-06-22
Publication date: 1904-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 1921-03-08

Description

UNITED STATES Patented March 8,1904.

GEORGE M'. AEREE, OE WOEOESTEE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER FOR HlTCHlNG-WEIGHTS.

SPEOIFIonTIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,835, dated March 8,1904. Application and June 22,1903. Seriate. 132,487. (Nomodel.) l

To wl whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. ALBEE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Holder for Hitohing-Weights, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relatesV to horse hitching weights which are used for temporarily hitching horses; and the especial object of this invention is to provide a mat or holderV for aof this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hitch-weight resting in a mat or holder constructed according to this invention; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partially in section, of the holder.

The use of an ordinary hitch-weight, which has heretofore been thrown back under the seat of a vehicle when not in use, I have found to be exceedingly objectionable, as "after a hitch-weight has been in use for some time the bottom of the hitch-Weight becomes quite smooth or polished, so that the hitch-weight will Slide aroundin the bottom of the vehicle, slipping back to the rear of the vehicle when going uphill and frequently sliding forward when going downhill. This rattling or shifting about of the hitch-weight under a vehicleseat is not only objectionable for the reason that it jams and injures the vehicle-body, but is also objectionable for the reason that a driver desiring to use the hitch-weight is obliged to hunt around in the bottom ofthe vehicle to find the same. In fact, to take out a hitchweight from an ordinary buggy or similar carriage the driver is sometimes required to go around to the back of the carriage, and instances have been known where runaway accidents have happened when a driver has ters Patent of the'United States, is-

left the head of a horse to look for his hitchweight. l

l The especial object of my present invention is to provide a holder for receiving and holding a hitch-weight, so that it will protect the vehicle-body and will also prevent the weight from slipping or sliding about under the seat.`

In practice a hitch-weight holder constructed according to this invention comprises a disk-shaped leather mat or body portion with a leather beading or rim stitched onto the up- 6o per )surface thereof to form a pocket corresponding substantially to the outline of the hitch-weight which is to be deposited therein. In some cases the body portion is provided with a pin or spur for positively fastening the 6 5 holder.- in place in the vehicle-body, although in practice I have found that a leather holder will usually have sufficient friction to prevent it from shifting or moving about in the vehicle.

Referring to the drawings and in detail, the 7o hitch-weight W (shown in Fig. 1) is substantially of the ordinary form, with a recess in its upper'face having a cross-bar 10, to which the strap 11 is secured.

My holder or mat, in-which the hitch-weight .maybe placed, comprises a'disk-shaped or flat body portion 12, usually of leather, and a rim or binding 13, which is fastened thereon by a line of stitchesll, which pass .both through the rim and body portion.

Secured in thecenter of the mat or body portion 12, as vshown in Fig. 2, is a fastening spur or pin 15.

I am aware that changes may be made in the construction rof my hitch-Weight holder by thosewho are skilled in the art-such, for eX- ample, as the manufacture of the same from rubber or other materials instead of leather.

I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the construction I have herein shown and described; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Liet- 1. As an article of manufacture, a hitch-v weight holder comprising a leather disk, and i a leather binding or rim secured onto4 the face lof the disk around themargin thereof andA forming a socket for receiving a hitch-weight.

2. As an article of manufacture, a hitch- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set Weight holder comprising a leather disk or my hand 4in the presence of two subscribing` mat, a rim or binding of leather stitched onto Witnesses.

the upper face of the disk by stitches eXtend- GEORGE M. ALBEE. 5 ing both through the rirn and body portion, Witnesses:

and a holding spur or pin secured in the body PHILIP W. SOUTHGATE,

portion J. ELMER HALL.