Patent ID: 7155887
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B68C

Abstract:
1. A saddle cloth for equestrian use to be applied to a horse prior to application of a saddle, said saddle cloth having side zones adapted to lie at respective sides of the horse at which pressure from the saddle is applied to horse's back, each side zone having at least two separate sealed abutting air bags, at least one of each located in forward and rearward parts of the side zones in use serving to apply contiguous relatively even pressure to the back of the horse and wherein each air bag is substantially flat and has an outer liner that is permanently sealed at manufacture so as to inhibit the entry of air into the interior of the bag and is filled with compressible open cell foam and wherein air sealed within the bag is substantially maintained at atmospheric pressure such that substantially even pressure is applied over the entire surface of each side zone to thereby reduce individual pressure points on the back of the horse when the saddle cloth is interposed between a saddle and the back of the horse wherein sheet material forming each of the abutting bags forms a seam extending from one of upper or lower surfaces of one bag beyond the adjoining side wall thereof to engage the corresponding upper or lower surface of the abutting bag beyond the adjoining side wall thereof whereby the seam overlaps the adjoining side walls.