US893161A - Checkrein. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD JULY 14, 1908.

I J. GRIFFITH.

OHEGKREIN. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 11, 1907.

.IAMES RODNEY GRIFFITH, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CHEGKREIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11, 1907. Serial No. 406,099.

Patented July 14:, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs RODNEY GRIF- FITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Checkreins, of which the following is a specification.

Theobject of this invention is to provide a cheap and eflicient means for extending the length of a checkrein whereby the horse may be given greater freedom or movement of his head downward whenever desired, without entirely releasing the checkrein from the terret.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of a checkrein provided with my improved.

attachment. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, sectional view of the same with one of the parts shown in dotted lines in the position which it occupies when the rein is extended. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modification. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing the attachment in use in two positions.

Referring more particularly to the draw' ings; 1 indicates a checkrein which may be of any suitable construction and is connected at its forward end with the usual bit in the ordinary manner. The rear end of the rein is provided with a loop 2 within which is secured a flattened or elliptical ring 3. Loosely secured in said ring is a strap 4 which is doubled at its middle so as to engage with the ring, and has its ends each provided with a loop or opening 5. These loops are adapted to engage with the terret hook 6 when the check is in position and will hold the horses lli ead up in the position shown in full lines in When it is desired to lengthen the overcheck and thereby permit the horse to lower the head into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, the upper length of the strap 4 is released'from the terret hook so that the strap can pass freely through the ring 3. To prevent the end of the strap from passing entirely through the ring, a stop is provided which is shown in the drawings as a piece of leather 7 which is secured thereto in any desired manner, as by rivets 8 or stitching9. When the upper strand or length of the strap 4 has been released and drawn through the ring 3 the stop 7 will engage with the ring 3 and cause it and the end of the strap to proj ect upward as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. By making the ring 3 so narrow that the loop 2 and the doubled portion of the strap 4 substantially fill it as shown in the drawings, it is evident that a very small stop will be sufficient to prevent the free end of the strap being drawn through the ring. This permits of the attachment being made very cheaply, and by constructing the stop 7 large enough to prevent the strap being drawn through the ring, a larger ring can be used with equal efficiency.

Instead of forming the stop solid as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it could be formed as a loop 10 which could be secured to the upper length of the strap as shown at 11, with the lower length of the strap passed through the loop as shown at 12. when the free end of the upper length of the strap is released from the terret hook the loop would act as a runner upon the lower length until it reached the ring 3 when the free movement would be stopped, but which would afiord the desired freedom of movement for the horses head.

In using my. invention, whenever it is desired to release the over-check, the upper strand or length of the loop is released from the terret and said length drawn through the ring until it is stopped by the ring. When the check is to be restored, the detached end of the strap is drawn to the rear and hooked over the terret hook which takes up the slack in the checkrein and causes the horse to hold his head as high as may be desired.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In an over-check, a checkrein provided with a ring at its rear end, a doubled strap through said ring, the free ends of which are slotted and adapted to engage with the terret hook, and means connected with one of said ends adapted to engage with said ring and prevent said end from passing therethrough when it is disengaged from the terret hook.

2. In an over-check, a checkrein with a flattened ring at its rearfend, a strap doubled upon itself and passed loosely through said ring, the free ends of said strap being slotted and adapted to engage with a terret hook,

With this construction and a stop comprising a shoulder secured to my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 20 said strap near oneof its free ends and adaptday of November 1907. ed to engage With said flattened ring and prevent the passage of said end of the strap JAMES RODNEY GRIFFITH 5 therethrough when disengaged from the ter- In presence of ret hook. W. S. BOYD,

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set FRANK L. A. GRAHAM.

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