Improvements in and relating to Fastenings for Harness.
Year: 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Fastenings for Harness.
1, FREDERICK HARDY, residing at Birmingham, in the County of Jefferson and
State of Alabama, United States of America, 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 :-
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This invention relates to fastenings for harness, and most especially for halters;
and has for its object the provision of a fastening which when applied to a halter
admits of the halter being readily applied and removed without having to slip
off the animal's nose, and which when applied to straps or the ends of reins permits
the coupling and uncoupling of the straps in less time than it takes to pass the strap
through the loop of an ordinary buckle.
The improvement consists in the novel features which hereinafter will be more
fully described and claimed and shown in the annexed drawing, in which
Figure 1, is a plan view of the fastening, parts being broken away.
Figure 2, a perspective view showing the fastening applied to a halter.
Figure 3, a cross-section of the fastening on the line, a, c, of Figure 1.
Figure 4, a plan view of a modification of fastening; and
Figure 5, a plan view of a modified form of fastening showing it adapted for a
buckle or ordinary fastening for straps.
The fastener composed of the parts, B, and, B', has the part, B, provided with a
curved tongue, b, at one end and a hook, b', at its other end, and the part, B', with a
recess, e, and a cross-bar, e', at one end, and with a pivoted catch, d, at its
other end.
The curved tongue, b, is adapted to enter the recess e, and embrace the cross-bar, e',
and hold the parts, B, and, B', together at one end, and the hook, b¹, is adapted to be
engaged by the catch, d, and hold the said parts, B, and, B', together at their ends.
The parts, B, and, B¹, are provided with a tongue and groove, ƒ, and, ƒ¹,
respectively, which hold them against lateral displacement.
The pivoted catch, d, is located in a recess in the lower end of the part, B, and is
actuated by the spring g, which is placed between it and the bottom of the recess.
The lower end of the part, B', is extended and provided with the loop, a, which is
adapted to receive a tether strap.

page_text: In practice the tongue, b, enters the recess between the cross-bar, e, and the rear
wall of the said recess and when the other ends of the parts are brought together the
tongue embraces the said cross-bar and holds the upper ends of the fastener from
separating, the lower end being held together by the hook, 6, and the catch, d.
Figure 5, shows the fastener in its simplest form and adapted for connecting the
ends of straps, reins, etc., the parts of the fastener being provided with loops, H,
and, H¹, to receive the ends of the straps.
Figures 1, 2 and 4, show the fastener especially designed for halters of any form,
and provided with means at each end to admit of being connected with the
throat strap, A, and the nose strap, D. These means as shown in Figures 1 and 2,
consist of loops, k, k, and, k', k¹, through which the straps pass, and as shown
in Figure 4, they consist of depressions, 1, 1, and, 1, 1, in the edges of the fastener in
which the ends of the straps are fitted and riveted.
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. The herein described harness fastener composed of two parts, one part having
a curved tongue at one end which is adapted to embrace a cross-bar on the other
part, and means, as the hook and the catch, for holding the other ends of the parts
together, substantially as described.
2nd. The herein described harness fastener composed of two parts, one part having
a hook as, b', the other part having a catch as, d, to engage with the hook, ', to hold
the two parts together, substantially as described for the purpose specified.
3rd. The herein described harness fastener composed of two parts, one part having
a curved tongue, b, at one end and a hook, 1, at the other end, the other part
having a recess as, e, to receive the tongue and cross-bar, el, to be engaged by the
said tongue at one end and a catch at the other end to ongage with the said hook, b¹,
substantially as described.
4th. The herein described harness fastener composed of two parts which are
adapted to be held together, one part having a tongue, the other part a groove to
receive the said tongue and hold the two parts against lateral displacement,
substantially as described.
5th. The combination with the halter having its head and its nose straps separated
or divided, of the fastener composed of two parts which are secured to the separated
ends of the said straps whereby the halter can be applied to and removed from
the animal without slipping it over its nose, substantially as described.
6th. The combination with the herein described halter having its head and nose
straps separated or divided, of the fastener composed of the two parts, B, and, B',
the part, B, having the curved tongue, b, the hook, &, and the tongue, f, the part, B₁,
having the recess, e, the cross-bar, e¹, the groove, f, the catch, d, and a loop to receive
the tether strap, substantially as set forth.
Duted this 20th day of November 1888