Improved Holdback or Device for Attaching the Breeching to Thills of Vehicles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 16th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Holdback or Device for Attaching the Breeching to
Thills of Vehicles.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, (a communication to me from abroad by John Ormsby, of
Bolton Landing, New York, U.S.A. Inventor), do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has relation to improvements in devices for attaching the breeching
or strap connected thereto with the thill of a vehicle; and it consists in the
construction, novel combination, and adaptation of parts, hereinafter described.
The breeching-attaching device, which is formed of a single piece of metal, is
provided at one end with a laterally-elongated portion which is arranged at sub-
stantially a right angle to the remaining portion, and has screw-openings for the
passage of screws to secure the device to the thill, and the portion designed to
receive and hold the breeching-strap is reduced, to form a tongue. The tongue
portion is then bent upon the lateral portion and curved upwardly and inwardly,
adapting it to curve around the periphery of the thill a sufficient distance there-
from to allow of the reception of the breeching-strap, which seats itself in the loop
portion formed by turning the device or hold back upon itself, and thus brings the
strain to bear upon the portion best calculated to withstand the strain, the danger
of casual unfastening of the breeching-strap being thoroughly obviated by the
peculiar construction of the holdback when in position.
Dated this 12th day of July 1890.
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Holdback or Device for Attaching the Breeching to
Thills of Vehicles.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communi-
cation to me from abroad by John Ormsby, of Bolton Landing, New York, U.S.A.
Inventor), to be as follows:-
My invention has relation to improvements in devices for attaching the breeching
or strap connected thereto with the thills of a vehicle; and it consists in the
construction, novel combination and adaptation of parts hereinafter described and
claimed.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a thill with my improved device
attached thereto, the said strap and breeching being shown in their relative position.
Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the thill and hold-back, and
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved device removed from the thill.
Referring to the said drawings by letter, A designates a thill of the ordinary
construction. B indicates my improved hold-back or breeching attachment device.
This hold-back B, which is formed from a single piece of metal, is provided at one
end with a laterally-elongated portion a arranged at substantially a right angle to
the remaining portion, and having a screw opening for the passage of screws to
secure the device to the thill, and the portion designed to receive and hold the
breeching strap is reduced, as shown, to form a tongue b. The portion b is then

page_text: bent upon the lateral portion a, and curved upwardly and inwardly, as shown,
adapting it to curve around the periphery of the thill a sufficient distance therefrom
to allow of the reception of the breeching strap which seats itself in the loop
formed by turning the hold-back upon itself, and thus brings the strain to bear
upon the portion best calculated to withstand the strain, the danger of casual
unfacing of the breeching strap being thoroughly obviated by the peculiar
construction of the hold-back when in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. As an improved article of manufacture, a hold-back for vehicle thills formed
from a single piece of metal, the securing portion of which is elongated and
extended laterally, and having a tongue portion bent upon the lateral portion, and
then curved upwardly and inwardly over the lateral portion, substantially as
specified.
2. The combination, with a vehicle thill, of a hold-back secured to the under
side thereof, said hold-back being formed from a single piece of metal, and having
its securing portion elongated and extended laterally, and having the tongue
portion bent upon the lateral portion, and then curved upwardly and inwardly
around the outer and top portions of the thill, substantially as described.
Dated thin 11th dar of Anvil 1001
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.