US800624A - Harness. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED OCT. 3, 1905.

A. D. CARPENTER.

HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11,1904

INVENTOH filfiz'anfl. Car 0622261 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARNESS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed August 11, 1904. Serial No. ZZOB M.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBION D. CARPENTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Voodbridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Harness, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to certain parts of a harness. Many attempts have been made to improve the present form of saddletrees and their accessories; but heretofore no one has succeeded in devising a saddletree having a removable check-hook provided with efficient means for securing it in place.

One object of my invention is to secure this important result.

Further objects are to provide means for removably securing the terrets to the saddletree and for securing the saddle-skirt, jockey, and back-band to the tree in such a manner as to make an important saving in the amount of leather used and at the same time produce a simple and rigid device which may be easily and cheaply constructed and maintained.

Further objects will appear in the course of the subjoined description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. showing a preferred form of my invention. .Fig. 2 is a central sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a portion of the device. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the manner of securing the terret to the saddletree, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

The saddletree, which is represented by the letter a, is preferably made of metal and of an inverted-V shape. Each half is provided with a plurality of steps a (t the surfaces of which are preferably parallel with each other. On each edge of the saddletree is provided a depression (0 for the purpose of receiving leather inserts 6 and designed for attaching the leather parts of the harness to the saddletree. These inserts b are attached to the saddletree by means of rivets or any equivalent device. 0 represents a jockey or jockeystrap, which is secured upon each side of the saddletree by means of the inserts Z). A terret (Z is passed through a hole (not shown) in the jockey c and secured to the saddletree by means of a dovetailed projection (Z upon the base of the terret. This projection kl has tapering sides (Z and is designed to fit in an opening a in the saddletree, having tapering dovetailed projections a which project through the hole in the jockey and are adapted for securing the terret in an obvious manner.

A back-band e is provided with a metallic projection e and a metallic extension 0 A saddle-skirt f is provided with an opening f, for the reception of the back-band e and may be secured to the saddletree by rivets and may be secured to the jockey by sewing. The saddle-skirt is designed to rest upon the step a, and its end will thus beheld on that step and under the end of the jockey c. The back-band passes through the opening f and also through an opening a in the step a'and is held in position by the projection 0 coming into contact with the edge of the opening a, which is in reality the upper edge of the step (0 and by means of the extension 6 coming into contact with the lower surface of the step a at the upper edge of the opening a, as is clearly indicated. in Fig. 3. It will be obvious that with such a construction as that indicated the back-band will be securely held in position, but will be read-.

ily removable when it is turned upwardly in opposition' to the resistance of the jockey. The weight which is exerted upon the lower end of the back-band, however, Will only act to more securely wedge it in position in the opening a. ltwill be readily understood that this construction. provides for great economy in the manufacture of the backband and saddle-skirt. These parts are by the construction described, or any equivalent thereof, reduced by about three and one-half.

inches on each side. This is an important advantage in my invention.

At the top of the saddletree the check-hook g and saddle b are mounted, the latter projecting over the upper ends of the jockeys and aiding in securing them in position, as well as improving the appearance of the device. The check-hook g is provided with a dovetailed projection g, on the top of which rests the saddle 7b, which is also provided with a dovetailed projection it. The two projections g and 71 are continuous with each other when the parts are in the assembled position, and the dovetailed projection, which is a combination of the two projections, slightly tapers from one end to the other in order to fit into a dovetailed groove a in the top of the saddletree. It will be obvious that upon fitting the hook and saddle together they can be slid into this dovetailed groove to assume the position shown. It will be clear, however, that if nothing were provided except the elements above described the dovetailed projection would be the only thing to prevent the displacement of the parts. To more effectually guard against this, I provide the hook with a lug extending over the forward end it of the saddle. This lug securely holds the saddle in position with respect to the hook and prevents the latter from being displaced from the saddletree. For securing thesaddle in position it is provided with a tapering depression 713, for the reception of a catch Z mounted upon a spring Zr, attached to the interior of the saddletree and restingin a groove 0 in the upper surface of the dove tailed groove 11. The spring is provided with a rear projection k for the purpose of disengaging the catch A" from the depression 7i.

The operation of assembling the parts will be as follows: The hook and saddle are first placed together so that the two projections and IL will form a continuous dovetailed projection. The catch k is then depressed by means of the projection 76 and the two elements forced into the dovetailed groove (1 It is to be understood that the lug 0 is placed in proper position with respect to the end l1 of the saddle before the hook and saddle are attached to the saddletree. In order to displace the parts, the catch it is depressed and the hook and saddle drawn out together, when they can be moved one from the other. It will be observed that by making these parts removable and yet firmly secured together when in position the whole construction of this portion of the harness is greatly improved and that one of the most important things that has long been desired in harnesses has thus been accomplished.

Although I have described a particular embodiment of my invention, it will be obvious that many modifications maybe made therein and that it is not strictly limited thereto.

Reference is to be had to the claims, which indicate the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a harness, the combination of a saddletree, a check-hook, and a saddle, said saddletree having a groove and said checlchook and saddle each having a projection adapted to fit in said groove and to be held thereby.

2. In a harness, the combination of a saddletree, a check-hook, and a saddle, said saddlctree having a tapered dovetailed groove upon its upper surface, and said check-hook and saddle each having a dovetailed projection, said projections being continuations of each other and tapering in the same degree as said groove, and adapted to lit in said groove.

3. In a harness, the combination of a saddletree, a check-hook, and a saddle, said saddletree having a dovetailed groove, and said checkhook and saddle each having a clovetailed projection adapted to lit in said groove.

at. In a harness, the combination of a saddletree, a check-hook, and a saddle, said saddletree having a tapering dovetailed groove, and said check-hook and saddle each having a dovetailed projection tapering in a similar manner, said projections forming a continuation one of the other when the parts are in assembled position and adapted to pass into said groove.

5. In a harness, the combination of a saddletree having a groove, a check-hook having a projection, and a saddle having a projection, both of said projections entering said groove, said hook and saddle being removably mounted on the saddletree by means of said projections, and said .saddletrce resting on the up per surface of the projection of the hook.

6. In a harness, the combination of a saddletree, a check-hook, and a saddle, said saddletree having a tapering dovetailed groove, and said check-hook and saddle each having a dovetailed projection tapering in a similar manner, said projections forming a continuation one of the other when the parts are in assembled position and adapted to pass into said groove, said hook having a lug adapted to engage with the saddle to prevent lifting of the latter.

'7. In a harness, the combination of a saddletree, a check-hook removably mounted thereon, a saddle resting upon a portion of the hook and removably mounted on the saddletree, and means for securing thehook and saddle in position upon the saddletree; said means comprising a spring-hook mounted on the saddletree and engaging with the saddle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBION D. CARPENTER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN THOMPSON, VVARREN K. THoMPsoN.

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