Improvements in and relating to Horse-riding Saddles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Nov., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Horse-riding Saddles.
I, OLIVER GRUBB, Saddler, residing at High Street, Fenny Compton, in the
County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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This invention relates to saddles for use in riding horseback, and has distinct
reference to the construction of the inner parts thereof or panels which form
the padding to the leather covering or seating proper.
Usually the side flaps of such saddles are built up of two thicknesses of
leather connected together and arranged so that the outside one or shell extends
to each side, and the inner one or lining constitutes a part of the means for
attaching the panel to the tree and to the leather seating. Side Haps built up
in this way are in many ways objectionable but chiefly so on account of the
chafing of the sides or flanks of a horse against which they abound.
According to this invention the side flaps of the actual seating are only of
single order, and the panels are made with depending sides or wings which
extend downward to the extremities of the saddle side flaps and constitute soft
surfaces or paddings against which the saddle flaps proper rest when in position
upon an animal. The depending sides or wings of the panel are formed in one
piece with the head and body and are built up of a quilted construction, that is
to say, the exterior covering is of leather or other soft material, and these are spaced
and packed with felt or similar material and sewn in a quilted form, which
gives to the said depending sides or wings a cushioning and soft nature for the
saddle flaps to bear against when upon an animal.
The panel with its extended padded sides or wings (which latter it must be
understood are not connected to the flaps of the saddle proper) may be either
fixed permanently to the saddle tree, or may be made to be detached, and the
said sides or wings may be of any suitable shape to conform to the flaps of the
saddle seat proper even if it be of any peculiar design to suit the requirements
of a rider.
Thus by this invention the saddle is made more comfortable and cool to the
animal as well as being considerably lightened in its weight.
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Improvements in and relating to Horse-riding Saddles.
I, OLIVER GRUBB, Saddler, residing at High Street, Fenny Compton, in the
County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement: —
This invention has reference to saddles for horseback riding, and has distinct
reference to the construction of the inner parts or panels thereof, which form the
lining to the outer leather covering or seating proper.
In such saddles it is now the custom to build the side flaps up of two thick-
nesses of leather, so arranged and connected together that the outside one, or
shell, extends full length to each side, and the inner one or lining constitutes a
part of the means for attaching the panel to the tree and to the leather seating,
the said panel being practically only a shoulder padding. Saddles built up in
this way are in many ways objectionable, but chiefly so on account of the sides
or flanks of a horse being unprotected against chafing by reason of the rubbing
of the said side flaps which abound it.
According to this invention the side flaps of the actual seating are only of
single order and the panels, which may be either rigid or detachable, are made
with depending sides or wings, which extend downward to the extremities of the
saddle side flaps and constitute soft surfaces or paddings, against which the
saddle flaps proper rest and press, when in position upon an animal; the said
depending sides or wings not being connected to the leather side flaps.
A gentleman's riding saddle constructed according to this invention is shown
in perspective in Fig. 1 and in section in Fig. 2 in the accompanying sheet of
drawing, and the panel or inner lining part is opened out separate from the
saddle's body and shown in Fig. 3.
In these figs. 2 are the leather side flaps, the same being of single, order
and formed from one piece of leather to fit over the crown part 3 of the
saddle a. is the panel or saddle's lining, and 2 are its extended sides or
wings, which are built up of a soft and yielding quilted construction. The said
sides or wings are preferably formed, as shown, in one piece with the body part
of the panel, and are of sufficient length to reach approximately to the tips or
lower extremities of the side flaps a², so that they form an intermediate soft
surface between a horse's flanks and the said side flaps, and cushion any pressure
brought to bear upon the horse's flanks.
The exterior covering of the said sides or wings is of soft leather or similar
material, and this is spaced and packed with felt or other similar material c¹,
which is sewn in the covering, preferably in the quilted form shown.
The panel with its extended padded sides or wings (which latter it must be
understood are not connected to the flaps a² of the saddle) may be either
detachably connected, as shown, or permanently fixed to the saddle tree d, and
the said sides or wings may be of any suitable shape to conform to the shape
of the side flaps a².
By this invention the saddle is considerably lightened in its weight and is
also rendered more comfortable, cool, and a better fit to the back of an animal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First. In horse riding saddles, forming the linings or panels with depending
sides or wings of a soft and yielding construction, which are independent of or
disconnected from the saddle's leather side ilaps, and which are formed prefer-
ably in one piece with the body part of the panel, and of a quilted construction,
for the purpose substantially as described and set forth.
Second. In horse riding saddles, the combination of an inner lining or panel c
having depending sides or wings ² of a soft and yielding quilted construction,
and a leather outer covering having side flaps a² formed of single order and
independent or loose from the sides or wings of the panel, substantially as
described and set forth.
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page_text: Third. The general construction and arrangement of the combined parts a², c,
and c, substantially as described and set forth with reference to Figs. 1 2 and 3.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1898.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
11, Burlington Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
Also of Liverpool, London and Manchester,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.