US971426A - Harness. - Google Patents

Description

J. 0. ADAMS. HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1910.

Patented Sept 27; 1910.

JEFFERSON O. ADAMS, OF NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA.

HARNESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2%, 11914).

Application filed April 4, 1910. Serial No. 553,275.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON O. ADAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Iberia, in the parish of Iberia and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My present invention pertains to harness; and it contemplates the provision in a harness, of convenient, durable and otherwise advantageous couplings for effecting connection between the depending straps of a harness saddle, on the one hand, and traces, breeching-straps and a belly strap, on the other, as well as for effecting connection between the said harness elements and shafts or thills with a view of enabling a draft animal to back a vehicle when occasion demands.

With the foregoing in view, the invention in all of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is aside elevation illustrating one of my novel couplings as the same appears when in use, and also showing a portion of a shaft or thill as properly arranged relative to the coupling. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken in the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking downward. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my novel coupling 7901" 80.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which:

A is a harness saddle, having depending straps a, one of which is shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

B is a shaft or thill, having a hook b at its underside.

C is a strap designed to be connected with a breeching or rear portion (not shown) of a harness, and having a snap-hook c at its forward end.

D is a trace.

E is a belly strap having snap-hooks cl at its ends, one of which is shown, and F is one of my novel couplings.

The strap C and the trace D are of course duplicated at the opposite side (not shown) of the harness, and two of my novel couplings F are employed in each harness. The couplings, however, are identical in construction and therefore a detailed description of the one will suffice to impart a definite understanding of both.

The coupling F shown comprises a stiff longitudinally-disposed body 6, a ring f, preferably of metal, loosely mounted and permanently connected at the rear end of the body, a buckle g permanently connected at the forward end of the body, a loop it connected to the body at an intermediate point in the length thereof and carrying a buckle c designed for the connection of the saddle strap a, and a ring 7', preferably of metal, loosely connected with the body 6. The body 6 is preferably made up of the elements best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, viz: a strap in bent longitudinally upon itself and having a loop Z at its forward end to receive the bar of the buckle g, a looped strap m carrying the ring 7 and interposed and secured by rivets a between the rear portions of the strap 70, a metal ring ;19 carrying the before-mentioned ring and interposed between the side portions of the strap is; a tiller 0, of leather, interposed and secured by rivets s between the side portions of the strap is immediately in rear of the bar of the buckle g, and a filler t interposed and secured by rivets a between the side portions of the strap 7c and arranged within the ring 79 and having for its oflice to hold the said ring 2) against undue play either vertically or horizontally. The ring 2) carries on its lower portion not only the metal ring j, but also the snap-hooks of the breeching strap and the belly strap; and it will also be noticed in this connection that the breeching strap passes loosely outside the ring 7 at the rear end of the body, which ring receives the trace T) which is connected to the forward buckle g and may be continued forward of the same and connected to either a breaststrap (not shown) or hames on a collar (also not shown). The ring is strongly, though loosely connected with the body 6 in the manner described, and it serves by receiving the shaft B and engaging the hook 7) thereof to enable a draft animal equipped with a harness constructed in accordance with my invention, to readily back a vehicle when occasion demands.

/Vith a view of maintaining the forward portion of my novel coupling against sagging particularly when a breaststrap is connected with the coupling, I prefer to suspend the said forward portion of the coupling from the saddle A through the medium of the means shown, viz: rings 41 and to connected to the saddle A and the forward portion of the coupling, respectively, and an adjustable suspension strap w directly interposed between and connected to the said rings. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the said means or any other means for suspending the forward portion of the coupling, inasmuch as the same is not essential to the practical use of my improvements.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my novel coupling permits of the ready connection of the various elements described with the saddle, and also permits of the harness being expeditiously and easily connected with the shafts or t-hills of a vehicle and as readily disconnected therefrom when desired. It will also be gathered that the coupling as a whole is well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which harness members are ordinarily subjected, and that because of the compactness and neatness of its construction, it is calculated to enhance rather than detract from the finished appearance of a harness.

While I have shown and described one form of my invention, it is to be understood that I not limited to the details or the form or relative arrangement of parts disclosed, but that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

In a harness, a coupling comprising a longitudinal strap bent in the direction of its length upon itself, a buckle having its bar disposed in the loop at the forward end of said strap, a filler arranged between and riveted to the sides of said strap and located immediately in rear of the said bar of the buckle, a looped strap interposed and fastened by rivets between the rear portions of the first-named strap, a ring interposed between the sides of the first-named strap and located intermediate the said filler and the looped strap, a filler arranged in and adapted to hold said ring against undue play and also arranged between and fastened by rivets to the sides of the first-named strap, a ring carried in the said looped strap, and a ring loosely mounted on the lower portion of the first-named ring and arranged at right angles thereto for the purpose of receiving and cooperating with a shaft or thill.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JEFFERSON O. ADAMS. Witnesses: L. F. PELLEROW, V GEO. W. ADAMS.

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