Improvements in Body-rollers or Body-girths for Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Body-rollers or Body-girths for Horses and other
Animals.
I, JAMES BLACKWELL, of Warewell Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, Bridle Cutter,
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 has reference to body-rollers or body-girths which are used for
securing cloths on horses and other animals and this invention consists in forming the
leather or other pad coverings which fit on the animal's back, of a shape to entirely
cover the pads by being blocked from a single piece of leather, cloth or other suitable
material instead of being made of several pieces sewn together.
By my invention a better appearance is imparted to the body-roller and it is
rendered more comfortable and lasting in wear.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents in side elevation, plan and cross
section part of a body-roller or body-girth of leather with this invention applied;
Fig. 2 represents separately in plan and longitudinal section the blocked leather
covering piece of the pads of the same; Fig. 3 represents a modified form of the
body-roller or body-girth shewn by Fig. 1, each of the two pads being covered
with a separate blocked piece, and Fig. 4 represents in side elevation, plan and cross
section part of a woven body-roller or body-girth with my invention applied.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, a is the leather or other band
or roller which passes round the animal's body (a part only of this band or roller is
shewn on my drawing, the part which is omitted being of any usual form provided
with the usual buckle or buckles at the end for connecting to the strap ends b).
cc are the two pads of the roller or girth which fit upon the animal's back and which
are of the usual shape covered by the leather covering piece shewn separately by
Fig. 2 and which according to this invention is blocked to the shape of the two pads
and has a web c² all round by which it is sewn to the band part a. The pads are
stuffed with hair or other suitable substance as usual.

page_text: Instead of the two pads cc being formed in one piece as above described and
illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 they may be formed separately from each other as shewn
by Fig. 3 where each of the pads cc is formed of a separate piece of leather which
abut centrally at e, a piece of leather of being sewn on over the joint.
When the band or roller a is made of webbing or other textile fabric I prefer for
the edges c² of the leather or other covering piece or pieces to overlap the edges of
the band or roller as shewn by Fig. 4 so as to give a better grip on the band, the
stitches then pass through the band or roller and through two thicknesses of the
covering piece.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. In body-rollers or body-girths for horses and other animals, forming the pad
coverings of leather cloth or other suitable material blocked to the shape of the pad or
pads and an edge for sewing to the band part, substantially as hereinbefore set
forth.
2nd. A body-roller or body-girth for horses and other animals having the pad
covering pieces of leather cloth or other suitable material blocked to the shape of the
pads c c and secured to the band or roller part a in the several ways substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 11th day of June 1888
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.