Improvements in Double Loops for Harness Straps.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1892-Accepted, 9th July, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Double Loops for Harness Straps.
We, THOMAS GRANVILL NELSON of West Side Miller Street Sweet Springs
County of Saline State of Missouri one of the United States of America,
Manufacturer WILLIAM PETER GELABERT of West Side Miller Street in said
City County State and Country Manufacturer and JOHN JACOB SMITH of West
Side Miller Street in said City County State and Country, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
Our invention relates to independent double or twin loops used in connection with
independent buckles on breast, pole, hame, breeching, and other reversible harness,
and its object is to simplify the construction of such loops.
Our invention consists in a triangular metal twin or double loop, constructed
independently of the buckle of the strap on which it is used; said loop consisting
of three transverse bars and two bifurcated side jaws of approximately V-shape,
one of said bars being forward of and intermediate or between the others, and,
preferably, notched at the middle of its length on its front edge to admit the eye
portion of the tongue of a buckle, as will be hereinafter described; and said
intermediate bar being adapted to be confined to the buckle strap contiguous to the
buckle, by folding the said strap upon it, and inserting one or two rivets, and the
said other two bars with their side jaws forming with the intermediate bar, upper
and lower separate loops for receiving and confining the buckle strap, underneath
and on top, or on opposite sides of the buckle.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved twin or double loop, separated
from the harness strap.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of a buckle, harness strap and my improved
twin or double metallic loop; the buckle being shown with the eye of the tongue
set into the notch of the loop, and the loop as confined forward of its central bar
by a single rivet on account of being near the buckle, and the strap as only passed
through the lower loop.
Figure 3 is a similar section to Figure 2, showing the double loop confined by two
rivets, one in front and the other in rear of its central bar, because the loop is
farther off from the buckle than in Figure 2, the strap being shown as passed
through both of the loops.
A in the drawings designates our double or twin metallic loop, which, in its side
elevation, is approximately triangular, and consists of two triangular or approxi-
mately V-shaped frame pieces or jaws a a', each frame piece or jaw being
bifurcated or having two branches a² a diverging in opposite directions from one
another, preferably, at less than a right angle, and the said jaws being connected
by transverse bars at a a", which, in cross section, are in form, preferably, of
flattened ellipses, so as to be broad and thin and slightly rounded on their edges, but
they may have flat inclined surfaces. The bar a is midway between and a
considerable distance forward of the bars as aº, as shown; and at its centre, on its
front edge, it is notched as at a to admit of the loop being set close to the buckle
of the strap and adapt it to receive the eye portion of the tongue of the buckle,
and thus prevent lateral movement of the same on the buckle-back bar; this notch
may serve for preventing the buckle moving laterally independently of the loop.
This construction of the loop provides two separate loops which form passages bb'
for the end of the buckle strap B, one passage being on one side and the other on
the opposite side of the buckle C which is attached to said strap; and the con-
struction or shape and arrangement of the bars is such that the buckle end of the

page_text: strap is free to vibrate to a limited extent on the forward bar, and thus permit any
proper and necessary change in position of the buckle and the end of the strap to
which it is attached.
To apply and use this double or twin loop on harness straps, the strap is first
passed through the passage 6 of the double loop over the bar a', through the
buckle frame and then under the said bar and through the passage b, and its
lapping end fastened by a rivet c, as in Figure 2, or by two rivets cc', as in
Figure 3, accordingly as it is desired to have the loop nearer to or farther from
the buckle. The other end of the strap thus secured, is passed through the
passage of the loop through the buckle, and through the passage b', as indicated.
in Figure 3; and, thus adjusted, the surplus portion of the strap will be confined
snugly and prevented from "dangling" about.
There are twin or double loop contrivances known in the art for confining.
the ends of harness straps, but such differ greatly from our simple, compact,
triangular or approximately V-shaped double loop, which avoids undue weight
of metal and is very easily riveted in position, and is convenient, on account of its
form, for the passage of the strap through it, forward and back.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. The metallic twin or double loop for harness straps, constructed independently
of and disconnected from the buckle, in a triangular or approximately V-form, the
same having two bifurcated triangular or V-shaped side jaws, and three suitably
shaped connecting transverse bars, one of which bars is forward of and intermediate-
the other two bars, and, preferably, provided with a notch in its forward edge,
substantially as described.
2. The combination of the independently constructed and separately attached.
metallic twin or double loop A of triangular or approximately V-shape, the
independently constructed and separately attached buckle C, the strap B, and one
or more fastening rivets passed through the strap where it is lapped or doubled,
substantially as described.
Dated this 7th day of June 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicants...