An Improved Feed-bag.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
An Improved Feed-bag.
I, JAMES RITCHIE, of 10. Addison Place, Arbroath, N.B., 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in feed-bags and it consists in the
particular construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter fully described and
pointed out in the claim.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all
the views.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the feed-bag illustrated as in position upon the
head of a horse; Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bag, the bottom being
partially broken away, and Figure 3 is a detail view on an enlarged scale.
In carrying out the invention the bag is preferably constructed of canvas or
equivalent material the top of the bag being of greater diameter than the bottom.
In constructing the body 10 of the bag the contiguous edges of a strip of the
material are sewed or united in any suitable or approved manner. In one side of
the body, at the top, a gore 11 is formed whereby one longitudinal side of the said
body is provided with a bulge or convex exterior portion 12 which convex portion
is preferably located about midway between the top and bottom of the bag as is
best illustrated in Figure 2. By reason of this construction of the body it is
evident that a pocket is. formed in one side of the bag and that when the bag
is attached to the head of a horse for instance, should the horse clevate his head,
the feed instead of falling out at the top of the bag will be retained in the pocket,
and to this end in affixing the bag to the head of the horse, the convex portion 12 is
placed to the rear as illustrated in Figure 1.
I do not confine myself to goring the material in order to form a pocket therein
as the said pocket may be produced in any other well-known manner.
In the bottom of the bag (which is preferably of canvas also) a series of eyelets 13
are introduced as best illustrated in Figure 2, or instead of the cyclets 13 the
bottom may be perforated or provided with an inserted wire mesh and if in practice
it is found desirable, small eyelets may be introduced in the body at any desired
point or the said body may be perforated to ensure perfect ventilation.
In or near the top edges of the bag, two grommets 14 are introduced at each side
and ropes 15 and 16 are carried upwards from the said grommets and the two ropes
at each side are attached to a ring 17 as shewn in Figures 2 and 3. The two
rings 17 are in turn connected by a rope 18 adapted to pass over the head of the
animal behind the ears, and a second rope 19 purposed to extend across the head at
the front. By reason of this construction of the sling it is evident that the top of
the bag will be held in a horizontal position and that the weight of the said bag
will be evenly distributed over the head of the animal thereby imparting comfort
while the bag is worn.
I desire it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the rings as a means
of connecting the several side ropes of the bag and the head ropes 18 and 19 as
other approved connecting devices may be substituted without departing from the
spirit of the invention.
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 :-
The herein described feed-bag consisting of the body 10 provided with the

page_text: pocket 12, the apertured bottom 13, the grommets 14, near the top edge of the bag,
the ropes 15 and 16 secured in the grommets, the rings 17 to which the ropes 15
and 16 are secured, and the ropes 18 and 19 secured, to the rings 17 as specified.
Dated this 5th day of February, 1891.
JAMES RITCHIE.