US470683A - Rein-holder - Google Patents

Description

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REIN HOLDER.

Patented Mar, 15, 1892.

(No Model.)

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TREVANNION A. J ONES OF DUBLIN, IOWA.

REIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,683, dated March 15, 1892.

7 Application filed July 24, 1891- Serial No. 400,554. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, TREVANNION A. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dublin, in the county of-Washington and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-llolde s; and I do 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, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin line holders and protectors for harness; and it has forits objects, among others, to provide a simple, cheap, and durable device of this character which can be readily applied to a harness and which will keep the lines directly over the horses back and prevent them from becoming entangled or the horse from holding them with his tail.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the samein a vertical plane,

showing in dotted lines the location of the straps held therein.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter,-A designates my improved attachment, Which-may be formed of tin, iron, brass, leather, celluloid, or any other desired material, and is designed to be fastened at the intersection of the crupper and back-strap.- It is formed of two substantially like partsB and 0, each of which is formed with a flat rectangular loop a, from the upper face of the adjacent ends of which project the tongues b, one of which is formed with a hole a to receive the end of the other tongue, which is designed to pass through the said hole and then secured either by bending, as shown in Fig. 2, or by firstformingthe end of the tongue into a hook, as shown in Fig. 1. In either case the two parts are readily separable when desired. These tongues are raised slightly, as shown in both \iews, for the purpose of providing room for the back-strap F. (Shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.) The hip-strap G passes through one of the loops at and through the crupper or back-strap and then through the other loop, and then is designed to buckle to the breeching.

Each loop a is provided with a loop H upon its upper face and extending in a vertical direction and lengthwise of the said loops at, as shown, and are designed to receive the reins, and thus keep them from becoming entangled or from gettii'ig under the tail of the horse.

The attachment can be readily appliedto harnesses now in use without puncturing the harness or employing any rivets or the like.

WVhat I claim as new is The rein-holder described, oonsistin g of the two like parts, each'formed with a flat rectangular loop or tube with a vertical rigid loop upon its upper face, extending lengthwise of the said fiat loop, and the two parts formed at their inner adjacent ends with'engaging tongues loosely connected directly together and raised for the passage of the back-strap, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

TREVANNION A. JONES.

Witnesses W. E. KERR, R. M. SMITH.

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