USRE4709E - Improvement in saddle-trees - Google Patents

Description

Saddles, Harness. .1 s.

S. E. TOMPKINS.

4 709-Saddle-Tree.-SAMUEG E2 Toin iims. Sing Sing, N. Y.-

v Patent No. 30,168, dated September 25, 1860.

Claim-1. A metal frame for saddle-trees cast with depressions, level flanches, and holes or their equivalent insuch flanches, or such flanches and depressions for retainin the leather portions. of the saddk to the frame, substantially as escribed.

2. A metal frame cast with depressions, level flanches, and holes or their equivalent in such flanches or in such flanohes and depressions and a seatrhlock, in combination with an interposed mini [separate piece of leather, for the purposes substantially as desion at 3. Ahook constructed with a shoulder, m at its rear, in combination with a jog, n, in the tree, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a. projection on the treeior retaining the seat in position with the recesses in the under side of the said seetg' in which said projection rests and serves as a support and. motion the front side of the seat.

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s. E. TOMPKINS.

Harness Saddle.

I Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a plan or top view of the frame,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. TOMPKINS, OF SING SING, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLE-TREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 30,168, dated September 25, 1860; reissue No. 4,709, dated J anuary 9, 1872.

the seat B is composed of wood, thus at the rear of this metallic-covered seat there is no yielding, as was the case when leather or other soft substance was used, and a better construction is thereby obtained for the completion of the saddle. The binding-edge of the frame of the tree presents very nearly the appearance of an inverted V, and w ithin this edge the frame is shaped so as to conform as nearly as possible to the shape of that part of the horse on which it bears or rests when padded. In order to secure the two forms stated, the intermediate portion of theframe is countersunk or depressed from the right and left sides of the seat down to the terminating ends of the skirting portions of the frame, the depth of the depression S gradually increasing from the sides of the seat It downward to within a short distance of the terminating ends of the skirtingplates, and then decreasing in depth until it termin-ates. Thus depressin g the skirtin g portions 0 c of the frame causes a iianch or flat-surfaced rib, e, to be left at the front and rear edges of the skirting portions of the frame, saidtlanches being level on top, and serving to strengthen the frame, and also answering another important office, as will be presently described. The countersunk or depressed portions 0 c of the frame and also the flanches e have a number of holes, ff, cast in them, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, for the passage of nails, as hereinafter described. Into the depressions of the skirting portions 0 c of the frame A stiff strips of leather, E, are placed. The leather strips E extend below the ends of the frame A, and serve to stiffen the flaps F, and they also afford, in connection with the flaps, sufficient substance to hold the nuts for the terrets. D is a piece of leather similar to the under side of the seat. It is interposed between the seat and frame. This piece of leather gives an opportunity to tack down the leather covering of the seat both at the front and rear, and it admits of the flaps F and fore pieces g being secured on the frame with a smooth connection, without the necessity of skiving down the gullet-piece, thereby making a much neater fit or adjustment of the parts, and leaving ample room for the back bands G and other appurtenances. Theleather D also admits of the jockeys F being made independent of each other, as each jockey can be To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. ToMPmNs, of Sing Sing, in the State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Gig Saddle- Tree, and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the frame and seat which constitute the tree; Fig.2, a vertical section of the saddle complete, as m, Fig. 4, indicating the plane of section; Fig. 3, a section of same taken in the line y y, Fig. 4; Fig. 4, a section of same taken in the line 2 z,

with a portion of the parts which compose the saddle-tree attached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

One object of these improvements is to obtain a gig saddle-tree by which a saddle may be constructed to fit properly any horse, and thereby avoid injuring or galling the back of the animal-a contingency of frequent occurrence as saddles have been previously constructed; also, the simplifying of the manufacture of gig-saddles, especially those of a superior kind, and to render the same more chaste and neat in appearance, stronger, and more durable than usual, the invention being applicable to all kinds of gig-saddles, such as silvered and japanned seats, leather jockeys, covered seats, &'c., 860. Such improvements have reference to a construction of a frame of metal, in manner as hereinafter described, for carrying out the before-referred-to objects. Second, the use of &I1lI1l3G11)OS6dI)l6C8 of leather, in connection with said frame an dthe seat-block. Third, an improved arrangement of the cheekrein hook. Fourth, an improved construction and arrangement of projection for retaining the seat in position and preventing the bolt from drawing the seat down upon said piece of leather, and thereby pressing such leather out of place. This improved tree, in common with other metallic trees, consists of two principal parts, to wit, the frame A and the seat B, secured together by means of a screw, to, in connection with a bolt, 1), which secures the check-rein hook H to the tree. The filling of tacked to it. If desired, however, the jockeys may be formed of one piece and passed between the seat B and the leather .D. By having the frame A cast with the depressions c 0 and flanches e e, as described, the usual blocking is dispensed with, as the fianches supply the place of blocking, and at the same time the recesses or grooves which are formed in the skirting portions of the frame allow the back-band Ur to pass through, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. The flaps F can also be nailed to the flanches e e, as the perforations ff allow for the passage of nails, and the holdingtongues F F of the flaps and the leather strips E can be nailed to the skirting portion of the frame, as the periorationsff allow for the passage of nails, as represented. On top of the frame A, at its front part, there 6 re shown two upright projections, IL I, one being at the front and the other at the back of the bolt-hole i. These projections form bearings for the front part of the seat B, and prevent the latter sinking, as. it would do without them, on account of the leather D yielding under the draw of the screw and bolt. ends of the projections h h fit in recesses jj in the under side of the seat, and thereby prevent the casual moving or shifting of the same in a horizontal plane, while serving as a support or rest for the front side of the seat. The upper part of the frame A, at its under side, is made flat, as shown at K, Fig. 2, in order to secure snugly the flat portion lot the check-rein hook H. This flat portion is provided with shoulders m m, the front shoulde m bearing against the front edge of the frame A, and the back ne, m, fitting or locking behind a jog, n, at the under side of the frame, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. Bythis arrangement it will be seen that when the nut 0 of the bolt 2) is screwed u the hook H will be retained firmly in place and all forward strain taken off the nut and screws.

My frame, as constructed, must not be confounded With those frames which have been provided with recesses to admit of the backband passing through underneath the seat. In the latter case no flanches, with holes for nails, were arranged to secure the flaps in proper place. Neither were the depressions of the skirting projection of the frame 0 perforated to admit nails for fastening stifieningleather and flaps, as described, and no proper shape was given corresponding to the horses former construct ons. arate piece of leather serves as a foundation for the covering attachment thereto of the jockeys, and also aifordin g elevation to meet the substance or thickness of the flaps.

I do not claim the interposed piece of leather as a temporary element, but as a permanent one of my combination and arrangement in the construction of my saddle-tree, thereby giving the saddler a combination and arrangement of parts with which to finish up the tree, and which are not removed in such finishing up.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A metal frame for saddle-trees cast with depressions, level fianches, and holes or their equivalent in such flanclies, or such flanches and depressions for retaining the leather portions of the saddle to the frame, substantially as described.

2. A metal frame cast with depressions, level flanches, and holes or their equivalent in such flanches, or in such flanches and depressions and a seat-block, in combination with an in terposed and separate piece of leather, for the purposes substantially as described.

3. A hook constructed with a shoulder, in, at its rear, in combination with a jog, a, in the tree, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a projection on the tree for retaining the seat in position with the recesses in the underside of the said seat, in which said projectionrests andserves as a support and rest for the front side of the seat.

Witnesses: SAML. E. TOMPKINS.

A. B. IVIALGOMSON, Jr., SIAM. FRO. SMITH. (72)

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