Patent ID: 6619019
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B68C

Abstract:
A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel containing a plurality of sealed air bags and, at the side of the air bags remote from a horse, a packing capable of adjustment, a separate said air bag being at least in a forward part and a rearward part of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, each air bag being substantially flat and being substantially filled within the interior with a resiliently compressible open cell foam, and the bags within each panel being formed into a single unit for insertion into the panel, wherein said unit comprises separate air bags attached to a layer of flexible lining material, said flexible layer lying between the bags and the packing and serving also to inhibit puncturing of the bags during insertion of the bags during insertion of the packing into the panel.