An Improved Hold Back Hook for Attachment to the Shafts of Road Vehicles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th June, 1896-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hold Back Hook for Attachment to the Shafts of
Road Vehicles.
I, JAMES HOUGHTON of Brantford, Province Ontario, Dominion of Canada,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:-
The hold back of this invention consists of a plate by which it is secured to
the shafts or thills of vehicles; a horizontal tongue or bar to secure the hold
back strap and a vertical projecting guard to keep the strap in its proper
position.
The device is fastened by screwing or bolting the plate part to the underside of
the shaft and in such a position that the guard part will project a short distance
from the side of the shaft to allow the hold back strap to be slipped over the
guard and encircle the horizontal tongue.
Dated this 29th day of October 1895.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
An Improved Hold Back Hook for Attachment to the Shafts of
Road Vehicles.
I, JAMES HOUGHTON of Brantford, Province Ontario, Dominion of Canada,
Mechanic, 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 :--
The hold back hook of this invention is shewn in the accompanying drawing in
which Fig. 1 is a plan view shewing the hold back bracket attached to a shaft or
pole of a vehicle with hold back strap in position. Fig. 2 is an end view of the
hold back hook or bracket and Fig. 3 a plan of the samne separate from the
shaft.
A is the shaft or pole. B the hold back strap. C the hold back somewhat in
the form of a bracket, which may be of iron, steel or other suitable material aud
consists essentially of three portions, namely, a flat triangular shaped plate c
provided with four screws or bolt holes a, a tongue or bar e cast, welded or other-
wise fixed to the plate c and around which the holdback strap is placed when a
horse is harnessed to a vehicle, and a vertically projecting guard d to prevent the
hold back strap from slipping off the tongue or bar e. The device is shewn
fastened by screws f (Fig. 2) to the underside of the shaft A it being placed on
the shaft in such a position that the guard portion will project a short distance
from the side of the shaft to allow the hold back strap to be slipped over the guard
and encircle the horizontal tongue or bar e as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2, where
it will safely remain under all reasonable conditions until it is intentionally
unhitched.

page_text: 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 :-
1. A hold back consisting of a plate by which it is secured to a pole or shaft of
a road vehicle, a horizontal tongue or bar to secure the hold back strap and
a vertically projecting guard to keep the strap in its proper position, for the
purpose specified, substantially as described and shewn.
2. A hold back consisting of the combination of the plate c, the tongue or bar e
and the projecting guard d, for the purpose specified, substantially as described
and shewn.
Dated this 30th day of June 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.