US1089625A - Harness-clasp. - Google Patents

Description

T. J. DANIEL.

HARNESS GLASP.

APPLIOATION FILED 00129, 1913.

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TURNE'R J. DANIEL, OF BUTLER, ALABAIVIA.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, TURNER J. DANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butler, in the county of Choctaw and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Clasps; and T do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in clasps for harness and is particularly adapted for permitting adjustment of the back strap of a harness relative to the harness saddle.

An important Object of the invention is to provide an adjustable clasp for harness which will permit ready adjustment of the harness and provides for the looking of the harness in adjusted position in a reliable eX- peditious Inanner.

Another Object of my invention is to provide a device such as above descrihed which is simple as to construction and arrangement of parts, light, strong and durable, may be readily attached to harness and is cheap to manufacture.

The above and additional objects are aocomplished hy such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part of this application.

`With reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several Views of which, Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts: Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of the adjustable locking plate forming a part of the invention, Fig. 2 is a detail erspective view of the fixed locking means adapted for coperation with the looking plate, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sect-ional view illustrating the device in assembled position, and Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal sectional view illustrating the locking lever in locked position.

Coming now to the description of the drawings the numeral 1 represents as an entirety the fixed looking plate that is preferably constructed of thin metal and is substantially rectangular in shape. This plate Specification of Letters Patent.

.Application filed October 29, 1913.

Pateted Mar. 10, 1914.

Seral No. 797,972.

1 is adapted to be secured to the harness saddle not shown. A pair of opposed laterally eXt-ending ears 2 and 3 are formed integral with the plate 1 adjacent one terminal thereof and on the longitudinal edges thereof and are apertured so that suitable fastening means not shown may be inserted therethrough for the purpose of securing the plate to the harness saddle. The terminal of the plate farthest removed from the lateral ears 2 and 3 is reduced as at l and provided with an Opening 5 adjacent its outer extremity so that suitable fastening means not shown may be inserted therethrough and into the harness saddle. It will thus be seen that the plate 1 is adapted to be secured to the harness saddle by the means above described.

A looking lever 6 is secured adjacent one terminal to a pivot pin 7 that is pivotally supported within a pair of upstanding ears 8 and 9 which are formed integral with the plate 1 in opposed relation and upon the longitudinal edges of the plate. The pivoted terminal of the looking lever 6 is provided with lugs 10 and 11 which are formed integral therewith in spaced relation to each other adjacent each side of the lever and extend at right angles thereto. These lugs 10 and 11 are adapted for engagement with an adjustable looking plate 12 which will be hereinafter more fully described, and serve to hold the looking plate 12 in locked position upon the fixed looking plate l.

The adjustable looking plate 12 is constructed of the same material as the fixed looking plate 1 and is preferably rectangular in shape. The plate 12 is adapted for sliding adjustment upon the fixed plate 1 between the upstanding ears 8 and 9-and as a means for further guiding the sliding movement of the plate 12 and for holding it in proper alinenent relative to the plate 1 there has been provided a pair of diametrically opposed guide flanges 13 and 14: that are formed integral with one terminal of the plate 1 adjacent the lateral ears 2 and 3 and are bent over to lie in parallel spaced relation to the upper surface of the plate, and a similar pair of guide fianges 15 and 16 that are formed integral with the late at a point adjacent the one terminal o the upstanding ears 8 and 9 in diametrically opposed relation and are bent over in the same nanner as are the fianges 13 and let thus it will be seen that the plate 12 is, when mounted upon the plate 1, held in the proper position thereon for sliding niovenient.

Gne terninal of the adjustable looking plate 12 is provided with a plurality of hook members one of which designated 17 is in wardly turned and torned centrally of the side edges of the plate, the other two designated 18 and 19 are inwardly turned and forned integral with the longitudinal edges of the plate in dianetrically opposed relation. Suitable parts of the breeching or back band inay be secured to these hook members 17, 18 and 19.

As a means for looking the adjustahle looking plate in adjusted position upon the fixed looking plate, reference being had partioularly to 3 in the drawings, there has been provided a pair or" spaced looking tongues 20 and 21 that are disposed in spaoed relation to the upper surface of the plate and forned integral tnerewith. The looking tongues 20 and 21 are forned by making long later-al slit centrally of the side edges of the plate 1 and short longitudinal slits at the terninals of the lateral slit then striking upwardly the slitted portions thus forming the looking tongues. The looking tongues 20 and 21 are disposed approxinately centrally of the ends of the plate 1 so that the lugs 10 and 11 are disposed between them when in looked position.

The adjustable looking plate 12 is provided .with a plurality of spaoed rectangular openings 22 that are adapted to receive the looking tongues 20 and 21 when the devioe is in looking position. The looking and adjusting action of the device is briefly described as follows. Assuning that the adjustable plate 12 is nounted for sliding novenent upon the fixed sliding plate 1 so that the guide fianges 13, 14:, 15 and 16 are in engagenent with the adjustable plate and the looking lever 6 is in a position such as illustrated in Fig. 2, the plate 12 is then nioved to the desired adjusted position and as the openings 22 therein are approximately in the saine spaced relation as are the locking tongues 20 and 21, the tongues 20 and 21 are inserted within the openings and the upper terniinals thereof bear against the upper face of the plate 12. The looking lever 6 is then operated so that the lugs 10 and 11 are inoved into bearing engageinent with the upper surface or" the plate 12 thus holding the plate in looked engagement with the looking tongues 20 and 21. A fiange 23 is forned integral with the iree terninal of the looking lever 6 and extends at right angles thereto. This flange 23 is adapted to seat within one of the openings 22 when the looking lever 6 is nioved in looked position as illustrated in Fig. 3 in the drawings and serves to assist the lugs 10 and 11 in seourely holding the plate 12 in locked position upon the fixed plate 1 as will he clea'rly seen with reference to Fig. 3 in the drawings.

To unlook the plate 12 from the plate 1 the lever 6 is inoved to a position such as illustrated in Fig. 2 and the plate 12 is then free to be inoved out of engagement with the looking tongues20 and 21 and tiis is done by pushing it forwardly relative to the locking tongues and then pulling it away from the plate l there being sufficient space between the lever 6 and plate 1 to perinit such action.

lt will be apparent with reference to the foregoing description and acoonpanying drawings that a olasp for harness is provided which will pei-mit the ready and etfeotual adjustnent of the harness and afford a reliable and eflioient looking means for looking the harness in adjusted positions in a. reliable manner so that acoidental derangenent of the looking means is positively prevented.

In reduction to praotioe, I have found that the to 111 of iny invention, illnstrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment is the most eflicient and praotioal; yet realizing that the conditions conourrent with the adoption of iny device will necessarily vary, I desire to enphasize the fact that various ininor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangenent of parts may he resorted to, when required, without saorifioing any of the advantages of my invention, as dened in the appended claims.

lVhat is claimed is 1. A clasp for harness comprising a stationary looking plate, an adjustable looking plate having a plurality of spaoed Openings therein slidably mounted upon said stationary looking plate, a looking lover pivoted upon said stationary plate, a pair of spaced looking tongues disposed in spaoed parallel relation to the upper surface of the stationary plate and forned integral therewith, harness securing hooks carried upon one terninal of said adjust-able plate, spaoed lugs carried upon the pivoted terninal of said looking lever and adapted for engageinent with the adjustable plate when in looked position, said looking tongues adapted for en 'ageinent with the openings in the adjustable plate and guide neans carried by sale stationary plate.

2. A clasp for harness comprising a stationary looking plate, an adjustable looking plate inounted :for sliding niovenient on said stationary looking plate and having a plurality of spaced openings forned therein, a

pair of upstanding opposed ears forned on plate and disposed in parallel spaoed relation at their outer terminals to the upper surface of the stationary plate and adapted for engagement With the openings in the adjustable plate, means for guiding said adjustable plate and holding it in sliding relation to the stationary plate and means carried upon eaoh terminal of the looking lover for holding the adjustable plate in looked position adapted for engagement with the looking plate and openings therein respectively.

3. A olasp for harness hooks comprising a rectangular stationary looking plate, an adjustable looking plate adapted for sliding movement upon said stationary plate and having a plurality of spaoed openings formed therein, a pair of opposed harness hook members 'Ormed integral with the adjustable plate at one terminal thereof, an inwardly turned hook member forned integral with the adjustable plate and extending outwardly from one terninal thereof, a looking lover pivotally seoured to said stationary plate, a pair of lugs formed integral With the looking lever, adjacent the pivoted terminal thereof extending at right angles to the looking lever and adapted for engagement With the adjustable looking plate, a air of spaoed looking tongues formed integral With the stationary plate and adapted for engagement With the openings in the adjustable plate, guide means carried by said stationary plate and means carried by the free terminal of said looking lover and adapted for engagement With one of the openings in the adjustable lato to hold said plate in looked position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

TURNER J. DANIEL. W itnesses:

W. R. RILAT, S. A. TURNER.

Gomes of this pmtent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioer of Patcnt, Washington, D. c."

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