Patent ID: 6588185
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B68C

Abstract:
A saddletree for producing a saddle, notably for horses, the saddletree comprising a single-piece part forming a pommel, a cantle, a base and support means for other parts making up the saddle, wherein the single-piece part is produced from materials shaped to a required shape for the saddletree, conferring on the saddletree qualities of strength and flexibility to support, in a peripheral part of the single-piece part the support means for positioning and removably-attaching the other parts making up the saddle, including panels, flaps, knee rolls, girth leathers, padding, seat, skirts, pommel and cantle backplates, the support means comprising holes, spikes, hollow recesses, reliefs, screwing inserts, and buckles, so that the other parts making up the saddle are positioned and attached to the single-piece part by the support means;wherein the support means has means for attaching the girth leathers that comprise a hollow recess arranged to allow mounting of an attachment rod for the girth leathers, the attachment rod being held in place by removable fixing means, and wherein for each girth leather, the hollow recess is arranged to have at least one attached plate for closing the hollow recess, fixed to the single-piece part by removable attachment members.