Patent ID: 6640525
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B68C

Abstract:
A saddle pad for use with a saddle which has a saddle tree with bars, and the saddle pad and saddle placed on an animal, comprising:said saddle pad having a first side and a second side, each side having a top edge and an inner surface; said first side and said second side flexibly connected along said top edges forming a middle seam; each of said first side and said second side having a standard area of a first thickness and a bar cut-out area of a second thickness, said first thickness being thicker than said second thickness; and said bar cut-out areas located on said first side and said second side such that when said saddle pad is placed on said animal, between said animal and said saddle with said inner surfaces oriented toward said animal and said middle seam running substantially along said animal's spine, said saddle tree bars set over said bar cut-out area.