A Method of and Means for Repairing Harness and other Straps and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1890-Accepted, 20th Sept., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Method of and Means for Repairing Harness and other Straps
and the like.
I, OLIVER CABANA, Jr., of Buffalo, in the County of Erie, and State of New
York, one of the United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
be
This invention has general reference to means for, and method of repairing
harness; and it consists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of parts
and details of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth and described, and
then pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and
illustrating this invention fully, Figure 1 is a plan of the improved fastener as
applied to a hitching strap of any kind. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the
fastener detached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the strap above
mentioned.
The object of this invention is the production of a simple, cheap, and efficient
fastening for the torn parts of harnesses, straps, and the like, in fact for use in
all places in which the result is now obtained by the use of the needle and
thread.
To attain this result, I proceed as follows:
The fastener proper consists, essentially, of a double-pointed tack or staple B,
having its legs or points 661 tapered or pointed on opposite sides. I may, however,
use other forms of staples without departing from my invention.
In applying my fastener to torn straps or other parts of a harness in which the
parts are abutted together as at D, Fig. 3, I place my staple over the joint and
drive the same through the leather of the two portions: I then clinch the staples
and drive them back into the leather, as illustrated in Fig. 3. I may, if desirable,
drive a staple near cach of the opposite edges of the strap, and one in the centre
between the two. This centre staple is, preferably, driven from the opposite side
and clinched as before stated, and as shown at D, Fig. 3, this form of fastening
giving a direct pull through the centre of the strap when under strain.
In cases where scarfed joints are employed, as at C, Fig. 3, I drive the staple with
the point at the upper portion of the joint and then proceed with the clinching as
before stated. I may,
in this instance, also drive two staples from the top, and one
from the bottom of the parts to be jointed, or vice-versu.
This fastening may also be used for securing buckles and similar harness-fittings in
proper position, by forming one end of the strap into a loop in the usual manner, (as
at 6, Fig. 1) into which the cross-bar e of said buckle a is placed, the remaining
portion of the loop being doubled upon itself and placed under the body of the strap.
For fastening these portions together, I use a staple of about double the length of the
former ones.
It will now be readily seen that the method of fastening above described may be
applied to all portions of harness straps when the same are torn or otherwise injured
and which can be applied by an unskilled person, thereby obviating the necessity of
having the harness repaired by a harness maker.
This fastening is especially applicable in cases of accident when immediate
repairs can be made and when a number thereof is carried by persons using
vehicles and riders on horse-back. Another advantage of my fastening is
that it can be removed from the harness when desired by simply taking a sharp
pointed instrument and prying the points of the staple out of the leather and removing
the staple.

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 1
claim is
.
1. The method of repairing harness which consists in securing the torn or injured
parts together by double pointed tacks or staples driven through said parts
at the joints or line of rupture, and then clinching the same, as heretofore
stated.
2. The combination. with the harness strap, of the double pointed tacks or staples
driven through the adjacent joints near the edges of the straps and clinched on the
opposite side, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 26th day of July 1890.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.