AN IMPROVED COLLAR FOR HORSES OR OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Levi Lincoln Atwood, of Coswell Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Merchant, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED COLLAR FOR
HORSES OR OTHER ANIMALS." A communication from abroad by Edward
Payne, of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
ealed the 1st September 1877, and dated the 8th March 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Levi Lincoln Atwood at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th March 1877.
LEVI LINCOLN ATWOOD, of Goswell Road, in the County of Middlesex, Merchant.
"AN IMPROVED COLLAR FOR HORSES OR OTHER ANIMALS." A communication
from abroad by Edward Payne, of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
This Invention relates to the novel construction of collars for horses and other
animals, and is designed to render such collars flexible and adjustable, and less
liable to gall or chafe the animals than heretofore.
I carry the said Invention into practice as follows, that is to say, I form the pads
or side pieces of the collar of any desired dimensions. I prefer to form them of
about the usual thickness at the point of draught, and tapering therefrom to the
top of the collar. On one edge of the collar, and preferably extending entirely
around the same, I form a flexible rim, that is to say, a tube of leather or other suit-
able material in which I enclose a piece of ordinary cord or rope, or a tube, or solid
pioce of india-rubber, or a piece of twisted leather, or other suitable flexible material.
At the bottom of the collar the two pads are connected by a strip or band of leather
which projects from and forms part of the said flexible rim, and assists in keeping
the pads properly together without impairing the flexibility of the collar.
the top or upper portion of the said collar the pads are provided with straps
and buckles or other suitable fastenings. The said pads being attached to and
supported by the aforesaid flexible rim are free to adjust themselves to the
neck and shoulders of the animal, so that the pressure caused by the draught
thereon will be equally distributed upon the shoulders, and the twisting of the collar
to one side and the consequent excessive pressure and friction upon one portion of
the shoulders will be avoided.
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page_text: The said improved collar may be constructed of the materials ordinarily employed
for such purposes, and may be manufactured at a cost nearly, if not quite, as small
as that of ordinary horse-collars.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Levi Lincoln Atwood in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th
September 1877.
LEVI LINCOLN ATWOOD, of Goswell Road, in the County of Middlesex, Merchant.
"AN IMPROVED COLLAR FOR HORSES OR OTHER ANIMALS." A. communication
from abroad by Edward Payne, of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
This Invention relates to the novel construction of collars for horses and other
draught animals, and is designed to render such collars flexible and adjustable and
less liable to gall or chafe the animals than the collars hitherto used.
In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 is a front view, and Figure 2 is a sido
view of a horse-collar embodying my Invention.
Like letters indicate the same parts in both Figures.
A, A, are the pads; B is a flexible tubular rim; C is a strip or band of leather or
other suitable material.
I carry the said Invention into practice as follows, that is to say, I form the pads
or side pieces A of the collar of any desired dimensions. I prefer that they should
be of about the usual thickness or substance at the point of draught, and should
taper therefrom to the top of the collar as shewn. On one edge of the collar, and
preferably extending entirely around the same, I form or fix the flexible rim or
tube B of leather or other suitable material, in which I enclose a piece of ordinary
cord or rope, or a tube or solid piece of india-rubber, or a piece of twisted leather
or other suitable flexible material. At the bottom of the collar the two pads are
connected by the strip or band C, which projects from and forms part of the said
flexible rim B, and assists in keeping the pads A properly together without impair-
ing the flexibility of the collar. At the top or upper portion of the said collar the
pads A may be provided with straps and buckles, or other suitable fastenings. The
pads A being attached to and supported by the aforesaid flexible rim B are free to
adjust themselves to the neck and shoulders of the animal, so that the pressure
caused by the draught thereon will be equally distributed upon the shoulders, and
the twisting of the collar to one side and the consequent excessive pressure and
friction upon one portion of the shoulders will be avoided.
The said improved collar may be constructed of the materials ordinarily employed
for such purposes, and may be manufactured at a cost but slightly, if at all, exceed-
ing that of ordinary horse-collars.
Having thus fully described the said Invention and the manner of performing
the same, I wish it understood that I claim in a collar for horses or other animals
the combination of the pads with the flexible rim, as above set forth and for the
purposes specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Levi Lincoln Atwood, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
L. L. ATWOOD. (L.S.)