US815424A - Bridle. - Google Patents

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v PATBNTED MAR. 20, 1906. M. JHALLIBURTON.

' BRIDLE. APPLIOATIONIILBD Nov. 17, 1904'4 S Il |11 Il IA @HIS v UNITED. suine APArnirr OFFICE.

- ,MA/RUN J. HALLIBURTON, or 'PORTAGEVILLn MISSOURI, AssioNoR OF ONE-HALF 'lO HENRY G. ILLIGWOF PORT AGEVILLE, MISSOURI.

- BBIDLE.

Application fue@ November' 17'. 1904. serial INU. 233,139.

Specication of Letters Patent.

lratentai March 2o, moc.v

TON, a-citizen of the United States, residing at Portageville, in the county of New Madrid and State of Missouri, haveinven'ted a new and useful Bridle, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to `improvements in bridles.

The object of the present invention is to improve theconstruction of lbridles and to providea simple and comparatively inexpensive one of great strength and durability adapted to be used in the same manner as an ordinary bridle and capable of being readily changed for effectively hitchin g or leading an animal and for controlling vicious and stubborn animals.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size', and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, yFigure 1 is a perspective view of a bridle constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged lon itudinal sectional view of one side of the bri le, illustrating the construction for shortening the sides of the headstall. Fig. 8 is a lon itudinal sectionalA view taken 'at right ang es to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa detail sectional view illustrating the manner of mounting the guide-pulleys.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw- ]n s.

designates the headstall, consisting of a strap or piece 2 and provided with depending side straps or pieces 3, which have their terminals 4 secured together to form'elongated loops. The side straps or pieces are adjustably connected with the ends of the strap or crown-piece v2 by means of buckles 5, ar-

- ranged as clearly shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.

by the side straps or pieces 2, are inked intov The lower ends of the loo s, formed rings 6 of a bit 7. The bridle, which may be ornamented in any desired manner, is provided with a brow-band 8 and a throat-latch 9 of the ordinary construction. The ends of the brow-band are secured to the headstall and are extended rearwardly therefrom to form projecting loops 10, and the headstall is also provided at the top with a central loop 1 1. The throat-latch is arranged in the loops 10 and 11.

The headstall is provided on `its exterior with guides 12 and 13, arranged on the strap or piece 2 and on the side straps or ieces 3 and receiving cords 14, which extend ongitudinally of the side portions of the headstall from the bit to the topof the headstall. The upper guides 12 receive the overlapped upper ends of thecords 1.4 and they are preferably formed by an extension of the loop 11. v The guides 13 consist oi suitable pieces of leather or other suitable material secured to the outer sides of the loops formed. bythe straps 8. The guides, however, may be constructed of any other suitable material. The lower ends of the cords 14 are provided with rings .15, and their upper ends, which are overlapped and extended beyond the lcenter'of the top of the headstall, are adapted to be looped, as shown in Fig. 1. The loops 16., which may be formed by coiling or oth erwise looping the cords, are adapted to be laced over the ears of an animal when it is. esired to hitch or` lead the same. `The driving reins or lines 18 are then changed from thel bitrings to the rings 15. Should thel animal draw back, ythe loops will be contracted and will pinch the ears and counteract any tendency of the animal to resist leading or hitching. When the loops 16 are not in use, the cords are straightened or lengthened.

The reins 18 are provided with snap-hooks 19to enable them to be readilychanged from the bit-rings to the rings 15 or to rings 2O of cords 21. The cords 21, which are adapted to shorten the side portions of the headstall for raising the bit in the mouth of IOO to receive the cords, and the U-shaped casings are connected at the terminals of their sides by pins or rivets 26 and 27. One end of each. cord is secured to the lower rivet or pin 27, and the cord extends upwardly from such rivet or pin 27 to the upper pulley and then downwardly to the lower pulley, beneath which it passes, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The lower end of the cord is provided with the ring 20. The reins 18 may be connected with the rings 20 either for driving, hitching, or leading, and when the reins are pulled upon the bit is drawn upward with great force, and by these means stubborn and vicious animals may be easily controlled. The rings 20 extend rearwardly from the sides of the headstall and they are located adjacent to the bit-rings and to the rings 15 of the exterior cords. By this arrangement the reins may be readily connected with either of the cords or the bit.

The bridle is adapted to be used as an ordinary bridle, or the reins may be connected with either set of cords' for driving, leading, or hitching. The cords which shorten the side pieces of the headstall are arranged within the loops of the side straps or pieces 3 and are protected by the same. The exterior flexible connections 14, which are provided with upper ear-engaging portions and lower reins-receiving portions, afford means for enabling the pressure to be transferred from the mouth of an animal to its ears, and they enable an animal to be securely hitched and easily led.

Although the flexible connections 14 and 21 are described as cords, yet it will be readily understood that they may be constructed of any suitable material.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a bridle, and reins detachably connected with the bit of the bridle, of bitching and leading cords operable independently of the bit and loosely mounted on the sides of the bridle, said hitching and leading cords being provided at the top Aof the bridle with ear-engaging portions and having lower portions arranged to be connected with the lines when the latter are detached from the bit of the bridle.

2. The combination with a bridle provided at opposite sides with guides, and reins detachably connected with the bit of the bridle, of an independent hitching and leading device consisting of flexible connections arranged in the said guides and movable independently of the sides of the bridle, the upper portions of the exible connections being arranged to be looped around the ears of an animal, and the lower portions of the fiexible connections being arranged to be engaged by the reins when the latter are detached from the bit of the bridle.

3. The combination with a bridle provided at opposite sides with guides, and reins detachably connected with the bit of the bridle, of independently-operable bitching and leading cords arranged in the guides of the bridle and movable on the same independently of the sides thereof, said cords being provided at their lower ends with rings located adjacent to the bit of the bridle and adapted to be connected with the reins, whereby the pressure is transferred from the mouth of an animal to its ears.

4. The combination of a bridle provided at opposite sides with flexible loops, upper and lower casings arranged within the loops and provided with guide-pulleys, said casings being extended beyond the pulleys and secured to the loops, cords arranged on the pulleys and secured at one end to the extended portions of the adjacent casings, and attaching means arranged at the other end of the cords.

5. The combination of a headstall, a central loop projecting from the top of the headstall and extended to form a pair of guides, a brow-band secured to the headstall and extended at opposite sides to form loops, a throat-latch arranged in the said loops, guides mounted on the lower portions of the headstall, and cords arranged in the said guides and adapted to be looped around the ears of an animal.

6. The combination of a headstall, side straps spaced apart and connected in the form of elongated loops and provided at the top with buckles securing the side straps to the headstall, a bit having rings linked into the lower ends of the loops and adapted to receive the driving-reins, upper and lower pulleys mounted in the loops, and cords, each connected at one end to the lower portion of its loop and extending to and over the top pulley and passing downward under the lower pulley and provided with a ring located at the back of the loop and adapted to receive the driving-reins.

VIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN J. HALLIBURTON.

Witnesses z S. J.` SMALLEY, L. SEGAL.

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