US1155465A - Saddle. - Google Patents

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F. CQBEAL.

SADDLE. APPLICATION FILED MAR-16.1915.

Pat ented Oct. 5, 1915.

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SADDLE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it lfllOWIl that I, Fi'inoEn'roKC. BEAL, a British subject, residingat the city of T0- ronto, in the county of York and Province of Untario, Dominion of Canada, have in-' vented certain new and useful Improve ments in Saddles; and I hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact 'description the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in saddles, particularly of that type usedfor military purposes, the objects of the invention being to so construct the saddle that, regardless offthephysical condition of thehorse, the withers will not be pinched or pressedupon; there will be 'no pressure upon the horses spihegftheshbut der bones will have free and uncontrolled movement; and the weight will not be upon the loi-ns but upon the muscles covering the ribs; these being the essential [points in the fitting of the saddle for ectmcmy'ofhorse flesh. s a

It is a well established principle in. military operations that a cavalry soldier without a horse, or with one that is unfit for service is an encumbrance to his corps, and, for thatreason, all thoroughlytrained cavali' y soldiers areinstructed in the method of saddling and caring for their mounts, but on the march and particularly during a campaign the muscles of the horse waste away owing to excessive use and to the inability to feed and water at regular 'pe riods and consequently it often happens, under these circumstances that a soldiers training in the care ofhis horse is of very little avail, owing to his inability to procure the means to artificially build up the back to compensate for the wearing away of the muscles and flesh.

Cavalry saddles are required to be placed upon the horse with the front of the saddle sutliciently far back to insure that it does not interfere with the play of the shoulders, and in the case of saddles of the universal or colonial type the side boards rest flat on the top of the horses ribs with the front arch clear of the withers to the breadth of not less than two fingers when the rider is in the saddle. I With the exercise however of every care to comply with these requirements it is impossible for the rider to maintain the correct position of the saddle on the back when the muscles waste away, owing to the fact that the side boards are fixedly riv- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @0135, 1915.

eted to the arches. Heretoforethe arches have been riveted to the side boards and maintained 1'11 their spaced relation thereby; suitable webbing being connected to the arches to support the leather forming the seat, withstraining webs connected tov the side boards and passing transversely across the supporting webs.

To soconnect the side boards to thearches that "tliey will automatically adjust themselvesto theconformatio'n of the backof the horse regardless of its physical condition is the essential object'of this invention, and this "is accomplished by pivotally connecting io'clcin 'a lateral direction and thus auto- ;ni'atically adapt themselves to the curvature or 'rotundity of the back when placed thereon.

A the drawings Figure l, is a perspective View of a saddle tree made in accordance 'th'e'si'de boards to the'arches so that they can I 't-ree'shown in that figure; Fig. A, is a frag mentary perspective View of a modified means of pivoting the side boards to the rear arcl'; Fig. 5, isa perspective view of the hinges by which the side boards are hinged to the arches; and, Fig. 6, is an inverted perspective View of the hinges shown in Fig. 3.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawings.

In the general construction of the saddle shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I maintain the usual formation of the front arch Z) and rear arch 0 but instead of riveting or otherwise securing these arches to the side boards a, as here tofore has been the case, I preferably connect these arches to two spacing boards a which extend from the front arch b to the rear arch c and hold these arches in their spaced relation.

The side boards a, as shown in the accompanying drawings, are similar to those used in the construction of the universal military saddle tree, but instead of being rigidly connected to the arches, are hinged or pivoted to the spacing boards a. For this purpose, each side board is provided with two hinge plates (Z formed with hinge members (Z and passing through the feet of the arches and the spacing boards are the shanks e of the hinge lugs e. The hinge lugs 6 correspond with the hinge members d and are connected therewith by hinge pins 7 which pivot the sideboards a to the arches so the side boards can rock laterally and automatically adjust themselves to the horses back.

In that type of saddle .in which the Web-.

bing is not necessary for thesupport of the saddle seat, the front and rear arches can be pivoted direct to the side boards, and, in this case, as shown 1n Fig. 3, each side board is preferably provided with two hinge plates Each 7 d formed with hinge members 6?. foot 0 of the front and rear arches may be of substantially the same shape as its respective hinge plate d and is formed with a hinge member, or members 0 corresponding to the hinge members (Z and extending through the hinge members d and c are hinge pins 7" by which the side boards are rockably connected to the front and rear arches b and c.

In all cases, the axes of the hinge pins should be in line so that the side boards can rock evenly on their hinge connections withthe arches or with the spacing boards and theaxis of each D J for the stirrup leathers should also be in line with the axes of the hinge pins so that the load imparted to the side boards by the stirrup leathers will not disturb the adjustment of the side boards fupon the back of the horse,

As shown in Fig. 4, each foot 71, of the rear arch 0 may be of a pin formation and is ournaled in the hinge members it of its respective hinge plate 71,, and as in the case of the constructions shown and described Copies of this patent may be obtained for with reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is in line with the corresponding hinge pin for the frontarch b. 7

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the front and rear arches are provided with locking devices, such as set screws 2, or the like, to hold the side boards in their set position when adjusted to the horses back.

By mea nsof the foregoing construction,

them together and holding them in their spaced relation, in combination with a pair of side-boards, two hinged plates for each side-board, each hinged plate having a set :of hinge members, hinge lugs having shanks extending through the feet of the arches,

and hinge pins connecting the hinge lugs to the hinge members. I

Toronto, February 20th, 1915.

FREDERICK o. BEAL. VVitnesses: V v

C. H. RIoHEs, STANLEY Rrorrns.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 7 Washington, D. G.

and a pair of spacing members connecting

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