US854086A - Saddle. - Google Patents

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No. 854,086. PATBNTED MAY 21, 1.907.

J. H. GIL'LESP'IEQ SADDLE. .gPPLIoA'rIoN HLED JUNE s, 1906.

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PATENTED MAY 21. 1907,

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JOI-IN H. GILLESPIE, OF BEALLSVILLE, OHIO.

SADDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed June 8, 1906. Serial No. 320,817.

To all 'Ll/71,011?, it m1/,ty concern.

Be it known that I, .JOHN H. GILLEsrIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beallsville, in the county of Monroe, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saddles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art toA which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to saddle-trees for the construction of riding saddles for horses and it is the object of my invention to provide such improvements as will enable saddles to iit more comfortably on the horses back than heretofore and, by reason of a fuller and freer ventilation than has heretofore been provided, to prevent the galling and the formation of sores on the horse.

The nature of the invention embodies improvements which comprise means for forming an easy spring seat for the rider, yielding laterally as well as forwardly and back wardly, and, at the same time, making it relatively easy for the horse to bear.`

Other irriprovements of a material character constitute the nature of the invention, and will. be clearly disclosed in the detailed description hereinafter given.

I will proceed at once with a disclosure of the improvements made by me giving 'the best form in which I think they may be embodied having reference to the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, and of whichy Figure 1 is a side view of the invention part of a padding to the saddle being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a plan of the improved saddle without padding or trimming. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. i is a transverse section looking toward the front'. Fig. 5 is a similar view looking toward the rear.

Similar gures of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 10, 10 designate the wooden side bars of the saddle tree, which may be made of usual form or modified in accordance with circumstances.

11 is the front cross-bar connecting the front ends of the side-bars, and curving uplwardly and over high enough to protect and keep out of contact with the Withers of the horse. At the rear the side-bars are connected by the two cross-bars 12, 12, which may be arranged to properly separate the side bars at the said point, and are made to form a connection and support for the inner end of the longitudinally arranged strap 13,`

the rear end being curved into a small loop or ring 14, which receives a pin 15 projecting through the lower ends of the arms 16, formed by bifurcating the lower part of the connecting link 17.

18, 18 designate side seat-springs formed from Va single length of a steel rod, or similar material, that at its ends is secured to the front ends of the 4side-bars, and extending first forward are bent upward, downward and backward over the curve of the front crossbar 1 1, in symmetrical recurvate bends, forming a base for the pommel. The loop of the rod at the rear part is bent upwardly and expanded outwardly, forming the cantle 19, to

y which the upper end of the link 17 is loosely connected. At theirsides the springs 18 extend above the wooden side-bars 10, so as to not only afford ample room for springing motion to said sides, but when the saddle is properly covered or upholstered, there may be free circulation of air between the sidesprings and side-bars and other parts of the saddle. The form of the springs 18 allow of sufficient movement forward bodily of the seat, when the rider is mounted and occupies the same, but also of backward and upward and downward movement, as may be secured from an easy rocking chair seat. The link 17 connecting the cantle with the outer end of the spring strap 18 limits the upward movement of the seat-springs at the rear, and assists in making the motion easy and devoid of jolts and jerks.

It is obvious that changes may be made within the scope of mechanical skill, in the form and arrangement of parts constituting the invention, without materially affecting the construction and mode of operation of the various parts, or without interfering with the general nature or scope of the invention.

What is claimed as the invention, is

1. The combination, with the side bars and cross connections, of the seat springs, oonnected at their front ends to the side-bars, and extending forward and bent upward over and rearward in recurvate bends,forming the base of the pommel, the rear portion of the spring being expanded into a broadened loop and bent upward to constitute the cantle, the sides of the spring extending nearly parallel with the side bars and above the same, the longitudinally arranged spring IIO strap connected at its inner end with the bent upward, over, downward, and rearward cross connections of the side bars, and the bi- -furoated link pivotally connected at its lower end with the outer end of the spring strap, and at its upper end with the cantle portion of the saddle spring.

in recurvate bends, the eXtreme ends being rendered attaohable to the side-bars, and resilient means connecting the rear of the cantle with the rearward part ofthe side-bars.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature,

2. The combination, with the side-bars and in presence of two witnesses.

their connections, of the spring-seat consisting of a length of wire formed into a loop at its rear end expanded laterally and bent upwardly, forming the cantle, the front portions extending forward and the ends being JOHN H. GILLESPIE.

Vitnesses OLIVER JACKSON, BENJ. LITTLE.

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