US642072A - Harness attachment. - Google Patents

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MICHEL FRANSES BRODERICK, OF OBERLIN, KANSAS.

HARN ESS ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,072, dated January h30, 1900.

Application tiled July 6, 1896. Serial No. 598,174. (No model.) 4

To all whom zit may con/cern:

Be it known that I, MICHEL FRANsEs Bnon ERICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oberlin, in the county of Decatur and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Harness Attachment, of which the follow ing is a specification.

This invention aims to provide for the lengthening and shortening of the traces or tugs in a simple and convenient way and to provide against the wear between the con nection of the traces and the loops or bolts of the hames or breast-iron.

A further purpose of the invention is to devise a buckle which can be readily and quickly adjusted along a trace or tug when it is required to lengthen or shorten the latter, one end of the buckle being constructed so as to admit of the buckle being moved to disconnect its tongue from the meeting parts of the trace.

A still further purpose of the invention is to interpose a wear-strap between the fold of the trace and the loop or bolt by means of which the trace is connected to the haines or breast-iron, said wear-strap having side loops to receive the folded portions of the trace, so as to hold them close together.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a haine and trace, showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the relative position of the buckle When the end portion of the trace is released, so as to admit of the trace being lengthened or shortcned. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the buckle, showing the latch-bar locked. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the wear-strap.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The haine l and trace 2 are of ordinary construction and are shown to illustrate the application of the invention. The end portion of the trace is folded and passes through a box-loop 3 and through a loop 4, secured to the hame, the loop 4 being of usual construction and, as shown, consisting of a bolt passing through apertured lugs extending from the haine.

The buckle for securing the end of the trace comprises a plate 5 and end loops G and 7, thc loop G being closed and the loop 7 open at its outer end and adapted to be closed by a latchbar 9, which is pivoted at one end to a side bar of the loop and has its opposite end constructed to interlock with the terminal of the opposite side bar. The side bar of the loop 7 with which the latchebar interlocks, has its terminal bent, forming a lip l0, which en gages over the outer side of the latch-bar 9 and holds the latter locked. The latch-bar 9 has a tendency to spring behind the Vlip l0 and is held in engagement with the latter by this spring tendency, and the free end of the latch-bar is bent or rolled, forming a projection ll to be engaged by the linger or thumb when it is required to disconnect the latchbar to free the loop 7 from the trace. This construction is shown most clearly in Fig. 2. A tongue or stud l2 projects from the plate 5 and is adapted to pass through corresponding openings in the trace and the end thercof, so as to secure the end of the trace and the buckle in the required position.

The wear-strap 13 is formed of a short length of harness-leather, which is doubled upon itself, forming asleeve 14 to receive the closed end of the loop 4 or the bolt by means of which the trace is connected to the haine, and the end portions of the leather are stitched together. Opposite loops l5 form a part of the wear-strap and are provided by cutting par allel slits in the end portions of the strap and detlecting the part coming between the slits, substantially as shown. This wear-strap is wider than the trace or tug, so as to prevent injurious contact of the trace with the loop or iron with which it is connected. Thetrace passes through one of the loops 15, thence IOO through the loop 4, around the Wear-strap, and back through the opposite loop 15, thence through the box-loop 3, and through the loops 6 and 7 of the buckle. Vhen it is required to lengthen or shorten the trace or tug, the buckle is loosened by freeing the latch-bar and is moved away from the trace, so as to Withdraw the tongue or stud 12 from engagement with the trace, after which the end portion of the latter can be -moved to the required position, When the tongue or stud 12 will be thrust through registering openings and the latch-bar 9 Will be turned so as to cause the loop 7 to embrace the trace and the end portion thereof, substantially as shown in Fig. 1, thereby holding the parts in the adjusted position. v

MICHEL FRANSES BRODERICK.

Witnesses:

G. O. JOHNSON, S. R. KEENAN.

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