Improvements in Harness Attachments.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1897 - Accepted, 2nd Oct., 1897
[Communicated from abroad by STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS REYNOLDS, Farmer of
Girard and MOSES ASAHEL NEWELL, Farmer of Virden both in the County
of Macoupin and State of Illinois United States of America.]
Improvements in Harness Attachments.
I, JOHN WILLIAM MACKENZIE of the Firm of Wheatley & Mackenzie, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., in the County of
London, 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:
My invention relates to harness-attachments, and the object of the invention is
to provide an attachment of this character which shall be simple of construction,
durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production.
With this object in view, the invention consists of certain features of con-
struction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and
claimed.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved attachment showing its applica-
tion to the several parts of a set of harness with which it is used; and Figure 2
is a detail perspective view of the attachment removed.
The attachment consists of a bar 1, having upon its front edge two loops 2, and
on its rear edge, intermediate the loops 2, a third loop 3. Pivoted to one of the
loops 2 at one end, is a curved bar or yoke 4, the free end of which is adapted to
project upwardly through the other end loop 2, and is provided with an eye 5.
One of the loops 2 is connected with a ring in the right hame by a strap 6.
The loop 3 is connected with the pole strap 8 which leads to and is connected with
the belly-band of the harness, while the yoke or curved bar passes upwardly
through the opposite loop 2, and is connected to the left hame by a strap 9, having
a snap hook 10 which engages the eye of the said yoke or curved bar. The curved
bar, as shown in Fig. 1, supports the ring 11 of the yoke 12.
The employment of a device or fastening of this construction does away with the
trouble of putting the pole strap over the end of the neck yoke for use. Each
pole strap also draws from the ring of the neck yoke, giving each horse the same
leverage in backing the vehicle.
The device also reduces the swing of the pole on rough roads, and by simply
unhooking the snap hook from the eye in the end of the curved bar, the parts may
be quickly separated.
Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrange-
ment of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire to be confined to the
same, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall within the
scope of my invention, without departing from the spirit thereof.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
An attachment for harness, comprising a bar, the ends of which are provided
with two loops on one edge of said bar while the intermediate portion of the other
ends is provided with a third loop, a yoke pivoted to one of the end loops, and
having its free end projecting upwardly through the opposite end loop, and formed
with an eye or opening, substantially as set forth.
1000
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.