US288026A - Saddle - Google Patents

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SPECIFICATIONiox-zning part of Letters Patent No. 288,026, dated November 6, 188?.

t Application filed May 17,1883. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, MERLIN COMSTOCK, of

Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saddles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the annexed draw ings, forming part of this specification. This invention relates to ridingsaddles; and it consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the frame-work of a side-saddle emrate bowed )ieces B flattened on to 3 and conmaterial.

nected together by side pieces, 0; or the said pieces may be formed of one continuous piece.

To the ends of the bowed pieces,.or to the corners of the tree A, are hinged a pair of pads, D, made'preferably ofnarrow strips of springsteel E, secured to curved cross=pieces F in such manner as to give the under side of the pads a convex surface. The pads are intended to be faced with leather or other suitable The cross-pieces F, by which the pads are hinged to the tree, are secured to the strips E,with intervening rubber cushions, G, in order that a great degree of flexibility shall besec-ured to the said strips, whereby they may shape corresponding to the animals back.

The strips I are arranged side by side, and have their forward ends straight, while their rear ends are curved downward and secured to a support, K, underneath the same. Ihave shown the seat supported at the rear on bowed springs L, which project rearward and have their ends attached to the tree and seat, re spectively, and between these ends, attached either to the seat or tree, is a rubber cushion, M, adapted to prevent the seat from being forcibly depressed against the tree. The forward end of theseat is supported on two bowed springs, N, which extend to either side, and serve also as horns for a side-saddle. Aspiral spring, O,mayalsobe arrangedbetweentheseat and tree at the forward end, and 'toprevent the seat from being accidentallyliited against the tension ofthe springs, it is connected to the tree by a strap, I. To support the seat at the sides, two pairs of spring-braces, Q, are extended from the front and rear, respectively, of the tree to points of attachment R on the sides of the seat. When the seat is to be used for a side-saddle, a curved back, S, is to be attached to the rear and front of the seat-rim by movable bolts. To the front of this back is at-' tached a horn-piece, T, which is adapted to fit between the springs N when said springs are used, and which will serve to provide a horn when said springs are not used. The back Sis also provided with awire or cord, U, extending across from one end to the other on theinside, and resting approximately on the top of the seat. To this wire and the outer edge of the seatback a coveringv for the cushion of the seat is to be attached. To one of the springsNis attach ed an adjustable guard or under horn, V, to be used in side-saddles. v I

By removing the back S and turning the springs N forward until they meet, a frameflV, carrying a horn, Y, may be placed across the forward end of the seat and secured to the tree in any detachable manner,to convert the sidesaddle into a mans saddle.

I design also to make side-saddles and mens saddles separate as well as in one, and shall also construct spring-seats adapted for being attached to any ordinary saddletree.

While preferring the construction of the seat as above described fort-he best class of saddles, I may make cheaper seats by using 2 r I assume desired,- making the body of the seat in any required manner.

I do not mean to limit myself to the abovedescribed arrangement of the springs for supporting the seat, since the same general result may be accomplished with other arrangements equally as simple and convenient.

The girth and stirrup-straps are to be at tached, respectively, to the tree and seat, as

the supporting-rim J with the strips I, of

\ spring-steel, secured thereto at their ends, and

having their rear endscurved under the sup porting-springs and the Saddletree, substair tially as shown and described.

8. The combination, with the tree and seat,

of the bowed springs N, adapted to be turned either to the front or to the sides,whereby the seat may be adapted for a side-saddle or a mans saddle, as specified.

4. The combination, with the saddle-tree and the seat, of the springs L N at the rear and front, and the spring-braces Q, connecting the sides of the seat at their center with the ends of the tree, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination, with the seat, of the removable back having a horn-piece secured to its forward end, and the wire or cord extending from one end to the other and adapted to rest upon the seat, substantially as shown and described. V

6. The combination, with the seat and tree, of the springs N, adapted to form horns, and the removable and adjustable guard or under horn attached to one of said springs, substantially. as shown and described.

MERLIN COMSTOCK.

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HENRY VANDER LEcK, G. A. DoBINsoN.

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