US37742A - Improved pack-saddle - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB DUNTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED PACK-SADDLE.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 37,742, dated February 24, 1563.

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I. JACOB DUN'roN, of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Im proved Pack-Saddle, or Device for Securing and SupportingBurdens upon the Backs ofAniinals; and I do hereby declare the following to be a t'ulland exact description of the same, reference being,` hadto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an underor inner side view of a portion of my pack-saddle, showing the sad Fig.2 is a perspective view of the entire apparatus. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the same, exhibiting its posi tion upon the back of the horse.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The subject ot' my invention is an apparatus for conveying burdens upon the backs of horses or other animals, and consisting of two cases or panniers of rectangular or other i'om, connected by any suitable means, and ea-:h ,having attached to it a saddle bar or pad, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understand and use the same, lwill proceed .to describe its construction and operation.

A A may represent two cases of any suit able torrmprovided with lids a a', and adapted for the storage ot' any commodity which it may be desired to convey. The said cases are connected at their adjacent edges by hooks, hinges, or links B B', or by other suitable means. l

To that side of eaclr ofthe cases which comes next the horse is secured a bar or pad,

C C', projecting to a sufficient distance from the surface of the case to prevent the contact of the latter with the shoulders or hips ofthe animal. The space thus acquired affords room for a sack or pocket, D D', which may te secured to the case or pannier beneath the bar.

Two rectangular cases or panniersconnected and supported in this manner afford convenience for the placingl of afthird case, A2, in the angle formed bythe upper sides ot' the first two. The links B B', projecting a. little above the angle between the lower cases, secure the upper one against longitudinal displacement, and it may be further held by straps E E'. .Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim therein as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pack-saddle consisting` of two disconnected bars or pads, O O', attached, respectively, to two eases or pa nniers, A A', connected together by any suitable means, substantially as herein described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the two panniers or cases A A', connectinglinks B B', and upper case, A2, when the whole are constructed and arranged in the manner herein shown and described, so that theconnecting-links of the lower cases shall serve to prevent longitudinal displacement oi' the upper one, as eX- plained.

3. The pockets D D' in the described combination with the cases or panniers A A and bars C C', for the purposes explained.

JACOB DUNTON.

Vitnesses OOTAvlUs KNIGHT, J oHN S. HoLLrNGsI-IEAD.

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