US94098A - Improved interfering-fad - Google Patents

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littered git-atea GERGE W. FRY, OF UXBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 94,098, dated August 24, 1869.

IMPROVED INTERFERING-PAD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making paz-tot' the same.

To all whom it may concern: ...L

Be it knownthat I, GEORGE lV. FRY, of Uxbridge, in the county of forcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Boot and Strap, for preventing horses or other' animals limbs from cutting or chafing; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,

reference being had to theaccolnpanying drawings,

and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

rIhe nature of my invention consists in providing a boot with an elastic strap, and in connection therewith a hook, of iron or .other metal, this hook being the termination of a strip of metal which is made to pass around the edge yof the boot, for the purpose of stillcning the boot, and being made to conform to the shape of the animals leg, prevents the boot from turning around on the leg, as the boot commonly nsed'will frequently do.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use niy invention, I'will proceed to describe its construc- Jtion and operation.

I construct my boot of leather, or other suitable material, in any of the known forms, but to obviate the danger of the boot turning around on a horse or other animalsleg or liu1b,I insert a strip of metal, as shown inIlignre 2, by the letter A,^this strip being capable of being curved to suit the curvature of the leg or limb wherever it Amaybe applied.

-The end of this metal strip I bend up, to form the hook B, which I' fasten by hooking through either of the holes in thc leather strap D. The rubber or elasiic portion of the strap isr shown by the letter C. Its

elasticity or capacity of stretching is shown by the red and dotted lines in fig. 2. v

Figure l shows the boot applied to a borses foot or joint.

It iswell known that a horsesjoint, after striking or cutting, will swell by standing awhile in the stable. This swelling will go down by the horse exercising. In such cases, an ordinary bootor strap, being non-elas tic, will be either too tight or tooloose. The elastic strap will accommodate itself to any swelling or contracting of the joint,`thereby preventingall dirt or substance from getting under the boot or strap and irritating the flesh.

My object in using a hook is to finnish a simpler fastening than heretofore, being milch more quickly applied or removed than a common buckle, and the elasticity ofthe strappreven ts the hook from loosening.

Vhat I claim as rny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1. The elastic strap, or its equivalent, lfor the pur-v poses described. y v

2. The metal strip and hook, when used as and -for the purposes"described.` o i 'y 3. The elastic strap, in combination withthe metal strip andphook, or their equivalent, when applied substantially asspecied, for the purposes described.

GEORGE W. FRY.

Witnesses:

CHRISTOPHER S. Barcos, W 1LLIAM MASQN.

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