IMPROVEMENTS. IN HAY. RACKS AND HARNESS BRACKETS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Cottam, of Winsley Street, Oxford Street, in
the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS.
IN HAY. RACKS AND HARNESS BRACKETS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Cottam at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
June 1855..
I, GEORGE COTTAM, of Winsley Street, Oxford Street, in the, County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HAY RACKS AND HARNESS BRACKETS." to be as follows:
"This Invention has for its objects improvements in hay racks and harness
brackets, by making parts thereof moveable.. For these purposes, in construct-
ing a hay rack, there is applied' at the lower part a moveable seed box, into
which the seed descends and is, preserved. In the construction of a harness
bracket, the part on which the saddle is placed is made moveable on a hinge
or axis at the back. The hook which receives the bridle and other parts of
the harness acts as a prop or support for the moveable part of the bracket.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Cottam in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th
December 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
COTTAM, of Winsley.. Street, Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, send greeting...
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs, and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Cottam, Her special licence that I, the said George Cottam, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Cottam, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise;
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HAY
RACKS AND HARNESS BRACKETS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said George Cottam, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed; and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendár months next and.
immediately after the date of the said Letters' Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Cottam, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof (that is to say):-
This Invention has for its objects improvements in hay racks and harness
brackets, by making parts thereof moveable. For these purposes, in con-
structing a hay rack, there is applied at the lower part a moveable seed box,
into which the seed descends and is preserved. In the construction of a
harness bracket, the part on which the saddle is placed is made moveable on
a hinge or axis at the back. The hook which receives the bridle and other
parts of the liarness acts as a prop or support for the moveable part of the
bracket.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed more
fully to describe the manner of performing the same.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a front view, Figure 2 an end view, Figure 3 a plan, of a. rack
and seed box applied; Figure 4 is a front elevation, and Figure 5 a perspec-
tive view, of the moveable seed box separately. The seed box in the arrange-
ment shown is made to slide in and out under the rack, as is shown, but the
manner of connecting the seed box to the hay rack may be varied.
Figure 6 shows a plan, a side view, and a front view of a harness bracket.
The upper part a of the bracket is made to fold on a hinge or joint a',
and when down to rest on the part b, which part 6 when the bar a is raised
forms a hook for harness.
b
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to
the particular shapes or forms of the parts; but what I claim is,
First, the combining a seed box with a hay rack.
And, secondly, the constructing a harness bracket in such manner that the
upper part may fold on a joint..
In witness whereof, I, the said George Cottam, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Witness,
E. BARKER.
GEORGE COTTAM. (L.S.)