Improvements in, or in connection with, Muzzles for Dogs and other Animals.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 17th June, 1898-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, or in connection with, Muzzles for Dogs and other
Animals.
ARTHUR GARSTIN, 1/11 Queen Square, Aldersgate Street, London, E.C., Leather
Goods Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My invention relates to improvements in dog muzzles, & it is intended to pro-
vide an improved method of covering the head wires, & of shaping the head wires
of dog muzzle, so that the muzzle is kept steady on the animal's head; also, to
provide further protection for the animal's nose.
In performing this I take ordinary wire & construct a wire muzzle of the ordinary
proportions, but having a double line or bar of wire reaching from the nose
above the mouth over the nose, passing up between the eyes & passing over the top
of the head, & there attached to the neck-strap by means of suitable loops.
I then take a strip of leather or other suitable material, & make a long pad
reaching from the nose to the top of the head.
Having perforated the same with suitable holes, I line this strip of leather from
one end to the other with felt, or other suitable material.
I then proceed to stitch the sides or outer edges of the leather to the felt lining.
Through this aforesaid strip of leather I then pass the two wires, already men-
tioned, threading them through the holes which had been pierced in the leather.
but not through the felt lining, so that the wire is now completely covered &
cannot come in contact with the dog's nose or head, as it will be readily understood
that I have thus passed the wires between the leather & the felt.
Another portion of my invention, is that the nose-end of the muzzle, instead of
being made in the ordinary way in the shape of a square, or a sharp angle over
the tip of the nose. I make the wires of my muzzle in a semicircular form from
the top of the mouth to the top of the nose, & this I describe as a bulge or semi-
circle; these wires are afterward continued in straight & almost parallel lines to
the top of the head.
My invention also provides that the two aforesaid parallel wires, when reaching
the top of the head are bent in a semicircular form at the junction with the collar
strap, each wire in an opposite direction to right & left, crossing the neck-strap
& ioining thereto by loops of suitable size.
In providing the above form of wire fastening to the neck-stran, I claim that
the steadiness of the muzzle so necessary is hereby attained. It will be found
that the leverage by the spreading of the wires at the neck attains this necessary
obiect.
I may also further carry out the matter of covering the wires with felt &
leather. as before described. & apply it to any or all of the other wires of the muzzle.
I make this muzzle to he suitable for dogs & other animals.
Dated this 16th
dafontanha
1907

page_text: Improvements in, or in connection with, Muzzles for Dogs and other
Animals.
I, ARTHUR GARSTIN, Leather Goods Manufacturer, 1/11, Queen Square, Alders-
gate Street, London, E.C., do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer
tained in and by the following statement:-
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My invention relates to improvements in dog muzzles, & it is intended to pro-
vide an improved method of covering the head-wires, & of shaping the head-wires
of the dog muzzle, so that the muzzle is steady on the animal's head, also, to pro-
vide further protection for the animal's nose.
In performing this I take ordinary wire & construct.a wire muzzle of the ordi-
nary proportions, but having a double line or bar of wire reaching from the upper
part of the mouth & over the nose, which I call parallel wires, passing up between
the eyes & passing over the top of the head, & there attached to the neck-strap by
means of suitable loops, marked A.
I then take a strip of leather or other suitable material. & make a long pad
marked B, reaching from the nose to the top of the head.
Having perforated the same with suitable holes, I line this strip of leather from
one end to the other with felt, or other suitable material.
I then proceed to stitch the sides or outer edges of the leather to the felt lining.
Through this aforesaid strip of leather I then pass the two wires already men-
tioned, threading them through the holes that have been pierced in the leather
at C, but not through the felt lining B, so that the wire is now completely covered
& cannot come in contact with the dog's nose or head, as it will be readily under-
stood that I have thus passed the wires between the leather & the felt.
Another portion of my invention, is that the nose-end of the muzzle, marked E,.
instead of being made in the ordinary way in the shape of a square, or a sharp
angle over the tip of the nose, I make the parallel double lines of wire, E, of my
muzzle in a semi-circular form from the top of the mouth to the top of the nose,
marked F, & this I describe as a bulge or semi-circle; these wires are afterward.
continued in straight & almost parallel lines to the top of the head.
My invention also provides that the two aforesaid head wires when reaching the
top of the head, are each bent in an outward & opposite direction, one to the left &
the other to the right, marked O, suitable loops being made in the ends for the
passing through of the neck strap.
In providing the above form of wire fastening in the described manner to the
neck-strap, I claim that the steadiness of the muzzle so, necessary is hereby attained.
It will be found that the leverage caused by the spreading of the wires at. the
neck-strap H furthers this important object.
I may also further carry out the manner of covering the wires with felt &
leather, as hefore described, & apply it to any or all of the other wires of the
muzzle,
I make this muzzle to be suitable for dogs & other animals..
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, & the manner in which it is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
First: A wire muzzle partly covered with leather & felt in an 'improved
manner, to provide further protection for the animal.
Secondly In making such muzzle I use wires to form a double or parallel

page_text: line, reaching from the upper part of the mouth over the nose to the top of the
head.
Thirdly: That such wires are bulged in a semi-circular form from the top of
the mouth to the top of the nose.
Fourthly: That the two parallel wires are curved to right & left at their
junction with the neck strap, at the top of the head, constructed & arranged sub-
stantially as described & set forth.