Patent ID: 8789350
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: B68C

Abstract:
1. An adjustable saddle for equestrian use, of the type having a tree with a seat, a headplate, a cover for providing comfort and cushion for the rider and elongated pad members forming a cushion between the saddle and a back of the equine, and a plurality of inverted V-shaped rigid reinforcing members each having the same uniform thickness but different angular V-shapes, wherein one inverted V-shaped rigid reinforcing member having one angular V-shape may be removed and replaced by another one inverted V-shaped rigid reinforcing member having a different angular V-shape, with the headplate having a flexibility capable of permitting the headplate to resiliently deform and accommodate to any one of the rigid reinforcing members, the one rigid reinforcing member being removably connected to the head plate by fixation means having at least one portion thereof remaining outside the cover but hidden below a part of the cover that can be lifted up to gain access to such portion of the fixation means, and with the one rigid reinforcing member remaining covered by a portion of the cover that can be removed from the saddle and replaced with another rigid reinforcing member without disassembling the saddle, wherein the headplate has a bottom face to rest onto the back of the equine, and wherein the bottom face of the headplate includes an elongated recess for receiving said rigid reinforcing member, wherein said elongated recess for receiving said rigid reinforcing member has a depth so that the reinforcing member fits within the elongated recess without changing the thickness of the head plate, whereby the angular configuration of the headplate is modified by affixing a different reinforcing member, with the thickness of the saddle being the same for any one of the plurality of reinforcing members affixed to the head plate.