Improved Swivel and Pivot for Leather Gig or Light Cart Backbands.
Year: 1887

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Swivel and Pivot for Leather Gig or Light Cart
Backbands.
THOMAS WILLIAM FINES Heanor near Nottingham Derbyshire Saddler & Harness
Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for LEATHER GIG OR LIGHT
CART BACKBANDS to be as follows:-
A Swivel & Pivot for attaching on each side Leather Backbands, above the Shaft
Tugs to prevent them breaking when in use.
The Leather Backband when made is 8 feet in length for Full Size Horse-Passing
through the Saddle part; The middle part of Backband of course fitting tight in the
Saddle (in the old style) thus the Backband is prevented working horizontally or
backwards & forwards with motion of animal &c. "My Patent added to the Backband
above the Shaft Tugs Buckles working on a pivot causes all Backbands to work freely
without fear of Breakage, & with comfort to the Horse &c. wearing it.
Dated this 20th day of February 1887.
THOMAS WILLIAM FINES Heanor near Nottingham Derbyshire Saddler & Harness
Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for LEATHER GIG OR LIGHT
CART BACKBANDS to be as follows:-
A Swivel & Pivot for attaching on each side Leather Backbands, above the Shaft
Tugs to prevent them breaking when in use.
The Leather Backband when made is 8 feet in length for Full Size Horse-Passing
through the Saddle part; The middle part of Backband of course fitting tight in the
Saddle (in the old style) thus the Backband is prevented working horizontally or
backwards & forwards with motion of animal &c. "My Patent added to the Backband
above the Shaft Tugs Buckles working on a pivot causes all Backbands to work freely
without fear of Breakage, & with comfort to the Horse &c. wearing it.
1009
THOMAS WILLIAM FINES,
Heanor, near Nottingham,
Saddler.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Swivel and Pivot for Leather Gig or Light Cart
Backbands.
THOMAS WILLIAM FINES Heanor Derbyshire Saddler & Harness Maker Heanor
near Nottingham 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 nature of my invention for Leather Gig or light Cart Backbands, to be as
follows, a Swivel & Pivot for attaching on each side the said leather Backbands above
the Shaft Tugs, to prevent them breaking when in use. The leather Backband when
made is 8 feet in length for full sized Horse, passing through the Saddle part (the
middle part of Backband fitting tight in the Saddle in the old style) thus the
said Backband is prevented from working horizontally or backwards & forwards with
the motion of the animal etc. My invention (Swivel & Pivot) added to the said
Backband above the Shaft Tug Buckles working on the said pivot causes all Back-
bands to work freely without fear of Breakage & with comfort to the horse etc.
wearing it. I therefore claim the said invention to be New,
The No. on the drawings represent the following
d. represents the Swivel & pivot connected with the Backband when in use.
e. represents the Swivel & pivot in action.
✓ represents the Backband without the Swivel & pivot showing how frequently
broken.
The Swivel & pivot when connected with the leather Backbands can be adjusted to
any kind of Shaft Tugs. And the Saddle need not be supplied with Brass troughs
there being no fear of the Skirts being torn up as is the case without my invention.

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
An invention of an improved Swivel & pivot for leather Gig or light Cart
.Backbands.
1. I also claim that my invention when attached to Backbands prevent them breaking
in ordinary use as is the case without it.
2. I claim that the invention is better adapted for hansom & Cab Harness Horses
the improved Swivel & pivot causing the Backbands so used to work freely with the
motion of the animal especially in hilly countries and places.
3. I claim also that my invention prevents the so frequent damage to Gig & Cart
Saddles (through which the Backbands work) when the horse after being harnessed
in the Stable & passing through the door way, or on the horses return to the Stable.
The said invention is of my own construction, the mechanism is simple & not likely
to get out of order easily.
1007
THOMAS WILLIAM FINES,
Heanor, near Nottingham,
Saddler and Harness Maker.