Patent ID: 8863482
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: B68C

Abstract:
1. An adjustable saddle for equestrian use, wherein the saddle comprises a tree with a seat, 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; a flexible headplate in the tree, wherein the headplate comprises a V-shaped rigid reinforcing member of 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 removable fixation means, and wherein a 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; lid at a bottom side of the saddle, the lid having at least one free edge detachably connected to the bottom side of the saddle in order to define a closed position wherein the reinforcing member is at least partially covered by the lid and an open position providing access to remove the one reinforcing member and replace it by another reinforcing member without disassembling the saddle.