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WO1992002395A1 - Dispositif de securite pour sulky de course de trot attele - Google Patents

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WO1992002395A1
WO1992002395A1 PCT/AU1991/000329 AU9100329W WO9202395A1 WO 1992002395 A1 WO1992002395 A1 WO 1992002395A1 AU 9100329 W AU9100329 W AU 9100329W WO 9202395 A1 WO9202395 A1 WO 9202395A1
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Leslie Valentine Pellow
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WILLDAMO Pty Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62C—VEHICLES DRAWN BY ANIMALS
    • B62C1/00—Types of vehicles
    • B62C1/08—Racing vehicles, e.g. sulkies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62C—VEHICLES DRAWN BY ANIMALS
    • B62C11/00—Safeguarding appliances not otherwise provided for, e.g. for readily releasing unmanageable draught animals

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  • TITLE SAFETY DEVICE FOR HARNESS RACING SULKY
  • THIS INVENTION relates to a safety device for a harness racing sulky and in particular to ' a safety device which reduces the likelihood of one sulky becoming entangled with an adjacent sulky during race conditions.
  • Harness racing involves the use of sulkies employing wheels which are liable to "lock-up" when the wheels of adjacent sulkies travel into interfering alignment during race conditions.
  • the common consequence is that the wheel of a following sulky moves inside the wheel of a leading sulky so that the wheels "lock up".
  • the driver of the following sulky must reign- in on his horse in order to extract his wheel.
  • the wheel of the following sulky can lift off the track so that the following sulky becomes unstable.
  • the present invention resides in a safety device for a harness racing sulky comprising deflector means securable to the sulky such that under racing conditions, when the wheels of adjacent sulkies are travelling toward each other in mutual interfering alignment said deflector means is operable, prior to the wheels interfering, to deflect the sulkies so that the wheels move out of alignment.
  • the invention resides in a method for preventing wheel interfering collisions between harness racing sulkies under race conditions, the method comprising providing each sulky with a deflector means on each side of the sulky, driving adjacent sulkies so their adjacent wheels 5 travel toward each other in mutual interfering alignment and deflecting the sulkies via said deflecting means so that their said wheels move out of alignment and can pass safely.
  • the invention resides in a harness racing sulky comprising two spaced wheels, a seat °for a driver between the wheels, a chassis supporting the seat and the wheels and a pair of shafts depending forwardly of the chassis so that a horse can be located between the shafts to pull the sulky, respective deflector means mounted to opposite sides of the sulky such that under race conditions, when the wheels of adjacent sulkies are travelling towards each other in mutual interfering alignment the deflector means of one said sulky engages the other sulky to deflect the sulkies- * so that the wheels move out of alignment and the sulkies can pass safely.
  • the deflector means can comprise an integral part of the sulky or can be an attachment thereto.
  • the deflector means can be formed as part of the chassis.
  • the chassis can include frame portions bent or modified to provide the required deflector function.
  • the deflector means comprises a side guard and forward slide member, the side guard being located adjacent a wheel of the sulky to deflect adjacent sulkies and the forward slide member being located forward and above the wheel in order to safely slide on a rear portion of an adjacent sulky when the wheels of the sulkies are in mutual interfering alignment.
  • the deflector means preferably includes a hoof guard to deflect the flailing hooves of a horse such that there is a low risk of injury to he horse.
  • the hoof guard comprises a sheet of material which preferably includes an oblique interned arcuate plate member, the sheet of material preferably being made from flexible high impact, non-splinter material.
  • a suitable material can comprise any plastics material having these properties such as the material marketed under the trade name "LEXAN".
  • the deflector means is formed as an attachment to the sulky, it preferably includes a " supporting sub-frame on which the side guard and forward slide member are located.
  • the sub-frame comprises an oblique frame extending from adjacent the centre of the wheel up to the shaft.
  • Figure 1 is a pictorial view of a safety device according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a pictorial view illustrating a harness racing sulky employing the teachings of the present invention
  • Figures 3A and 3B are side views illustrating sulkies fitted out with typical safety devices according to the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a side view illustrating a modified safety device according to the invention installed on a harness racing sulky;
  • Figure 5 is an underside plan view of Figure 4;
  • Figure 6 is a section through 6-6 of Figure 5.
  • FIG 7 is a part perspective view illustrating a typical harness racing sulky employing a safety device according to the present invention.
  • a safety device 10 constructed according to the present invention which can be removably attached to a racing sulky 11, the- " harness racing sulky 11 includes wheels 12, a chassis 13, a seat 14, a back bow 15 and a pair of shafts 16.
  • Stirrups 17 are provided on either side of the sulky and respective safety devices 10 according to the present invention are also provided on either side of the sulky.
  • the safety device 10 is detachable from the sulky and comprises a deflector means having a side guard portion 18 and a forward slide portion 19 formed in this embodiment as an oblique rail 20 coupled at its respective opposite ends to the wheel hub 21 and the shaft 16 via respective coupling holes 22 and 23.
  • a brace 24 is employed to secure the rail 20 relative to the wheel brace 25.
  • the safety device according to the present invention can be easily “retro-fitted" to existing racing sulkies.
  • safety devices of various shapes and configuration which operate in the same way as the present invention can be incorporated into the construction of either the back bow, the wheel brace 25 or the wheel brace 26 in any desired form of frame work in order to perform the same function as the safety device illustrated and to thereby accomplish the aforementioned method according to the present invention.
  • the wheels of the sulky illustrated in Figure 2 are travelling towards the wheels of a leading sulky such that the wheels of the sulkies are in mutual interfering alignment, then -the slide portion 19 of rail 20 on the following sulky will make contact with the back bow 15 of the leading sulky prior to the sulky wheels interfering.
  • the back bow 27 5 is raised slightly when compared with the embodiment of Figure 3B where the sections of the back bow are located in a common plane (as in Figure 2), the rail 28 of the safety device in Figure 3A diverges relative to the wheel brace 25 while in Figure 3B, the safety device is as illustrated in lO Figure 2 where the rail and brace are substantially parallel.
  • like numerals have been used to illustrate like features.
  • FIG 4 there is illustrated a further modification to the typical safety devices of IS Figures 1, 2, 3B the modification also being applicable to the 3A embodiment, as a horses leg could possibly pass between the rail and wheel brace.
  • a hoof guard is provided in the form of a sheet of flexible high impact plastics material 29 bridging between the wheel brace 25 and the rail 2020. This reduces the likelihood of horses getting their legs tangled between the wheel brace 25 and the rail 20.
  • the sheet 29 of plastics material preferably includes a contoured hoof deflector in the form of an interned lip 30 which is more clearly seen in the sectional view of Figure 6 and in the underside view in Figure 5.
  • the safety device according to the present invention is much safer if it employs the sheet 29 including its contoured hoof deflector 30.
  • the principal objective of the safety device is to prevent wheel interference
  • the device in its Figures 4,5 and 6 embodiment also comes into play during normal racing by being so designed as to reducing the risk of injury caused by its presence.

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Un dispositif de protection (10) empêchant un contact imprévu entre les roues de sulkys de course comprend une barre déflectrice (20) pourvue d'un raccordement à l'essieu de la roue du sulky (21), un raccordement à l'attelage (23) et un raccordement à l'armature (24) pour fixer la barre déflectrice (20) à l'armature de la roue du sulky. Le dispositif de protection (10) peut faire partie intégrante du sulky ou être fixé au sulky après coup et peut comprendre un élément de protection pour les sabots des chevaux, en plastique stratifié, s'étendant entre la barre déflectrice (20) et l'armature de roue.
PCT/AU1991/000329 1990-07-30 1991-07-25 Dispositif de securite pour sulky de course de trot attele Ceased WO1992002395A1 (fr)

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Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU1103627A (en) * 1927-12-29 1928-07-31 Improvements in and relating to trotting sulkies
US3163438A (en) * 1961-08-14 1964-12-29 Jr Max D Bliss Sulky
US3173706A (en) * 1961-07-14 1965-03-16 Robert W Britten Harness racing sulky
US3415533A (en) * 1966-12-21 1968-12-10 Shirley A Bliss Sulky
US3549165A (en) * 1968-08-30 1970-12-22 Daniel H Zuhlke Cart
US3907325A (en) * 1973-11-29 1975-09-23 Gaines Clarence Sulky having adjustable structure
US4667973A (en) * 1981-11-02 1987-05-26 Bowers I L Training and display jog cart
WO1988002328A1 (fr) * 1986-10-03 1988-04-07 Preville, Pierre Vehicule a deux roues du type sulky

Patent Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU1103627A (en) * 1927-12-29 1928-07-31 Improvements in and relating to trotting sulkies
AU2135448A (en) * 1948-06-15 1948-08-19 Donald Dungey An improved trotting spider
US3173706A (en) * 1961-07-14 1965-03-16 Robert W Britten Harness racing sulky
US3163438A (en) * 1961-08-14 1964-12-29 Jr Max D Bliss Sulky
US3415533A (en) * 1966-12-21 1968-12-10 Shirley A Bliss Sulky
US3549165A (en) * 1968-08-30 1970-12-22 Daniel H Zuhlke Cart
US3907325A (en) * 1973-11-29 1975-09-23 Gaines Clarence Sulky having adjustable structure
US4667973A (en) * 1981-11-02 1987-05-26 Bowers I L Training and display jog cart
WO1988002328A1 (fr) * 1986-10-03 1988-04-07 Preville, Pierre Vehicule a deux roues du type sulky

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