IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NOSEBAGS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Littleboy, of No. 2, John's Terrace, St.
Leonard's Road, Bromley, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NOSEBAGS."
Sealed the 22nd April 1864, and dated the 26th October 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Littleboy at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
October 1863.
I, RICHARD LITTLEBOY, of No. 2, John's Terrace, St. Leonard's Road,
Bromley, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NOSEBAGS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention of improvements in nosebags has for its object the pre-
vention of waste of food, and consists in manufacturing the nosebag with a
band or border round the top with a sufficient space left for the horse's mouth
to freely enter the bag; this band or border is perforated with small holes for
the purpose of ventilation and letting out any dust that may arise from the food
when the horse tosses its head. The band or border is made of india-rubber
or any other suitable material.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Littleboy in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
26th April 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
LITTLEBOY, late of No. 2, John's Terrace, St. Leonard's Road, Bromley, in the
County of Middlesex, but now of No. 62, High Street, Shadwell, in the same
County, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Richard Littleboy, Her special licence that I, the said Richard
Littleboy, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Richard Littleboy, 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 THE MANUFACTURE OF NOSEBAGS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Richard Littleboy, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, 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 calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Littleboy, do hereby declare the
nature of my 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, that is to say :-
pre-
This Invention of improvements in nosebags has for its object the
vention of waste of food, and consists in manufacturing the nosebag with a
perforated india-rubber edging or border round the top fitting close to the
horse's head, which effectually prevents any waste of corn, a sufficient space
however being left for the horse's mouth to freely enter the bag. The
perforations in this edging or band are for the purpose of ventilation and
letting out any dust that may arise from the food when the horse tosses its

page_text: head. This perforated edging can be fitted to any description of bag, and
will be found a great saving on those now generally used.
Having thus described the nature and object of my Invention, I would
observe in conclusion that I do not confine myself to the india-rubber edging
above described as other suitable material may be found equally applicable;
but what I claim, and desire to be secured by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent, is, the improvements in the manufacture of nosebags, consisting
of the perforated edging or border for the purpose substantially as herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Littleboy, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
RICHARD LITTLEBUY. (L.S.)