Improvements in Horse Clothes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 27th Jan., 1898
Improvements in Horse Clothes.
I, JOHN BIGG, of Roydon, in the County of Essex, Smith and Farrier, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in horse clothes, which consists of a cloth
cut into various shapes for fitting over a horse when harnessed for the purpose of
preventing a horse and the harness from getting wet in rainy weather.
In carrying my invention into practice I cut the cloth into various shapes with
suitable openings and the like, and I then sew or join together the various parts
with a needle and thread in such a manner that when the said appliance is placed
above a set of harness and also to cover a horse, each part shall fit over and cover as
much of the said set of harness and horse as it is possible to cover without impeding
a horse in drawing a carriage or any other vehicle.
Holes are cut and covered with flaps to act as ventilators; these said ventilators
are intended to be readily closed or opened by any suitable fastening or appliance.
Eyelets are fixed wherever required on the cloth for the purpose of lacing the
various parts together; also buckles and straps are used if preferable.
India rubber or other fastenings may be used on any part of the horse cloth so
that a person by a pull at a loop at the end of the lace will remove the said lace from
the fastenings and eyelets in order to remove the cloth from a horse without
dismounting from a vehicle.
Dated this auth
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Clothes.
I, JOHN BIGG, of Roydon, in the County of Essex, Smith and Farrier, 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 improvements in horse clothes, which consist of a cloth
cut into various shapes for fitting over a horse when harnessed for the purpose of
preventing a horse and the harness from getting wet in rainy weather.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and figures
marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a plan of the horse cloth laced together.
Fig. 2, is a plan of a horse cloth of an alternate shape with the flap and other
parts fastened together by buttons and button holes.

page_text: In carrying my invention into practice I cut the cloth a into various shapes, having
slits or cuts A to B with no material taken away, covered by flaps p'with free edges b,
sewn or joined together by a needle and thread in such a manner that when the said
appliance is placed above a set of-harness and also to cover a horse, each part shall fit
over and cover as much of the said set of harness and horse as it is possible to cover
without impeding a horse in drawing a carriage or any other vehicle.
The object of having a flap c¹ is to permit the neck portion of the cover to give
where portions of the harness project.
Holes e (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.) are cut and covered with hinged flaps c
to act as ventilators, these said flaps c are stitched at 2 to the cloth a with the free
edges of the flaps are marked 4. A strap d is fixed to each flap c which passes
through a loop 5 sewn on the cloth a for the purpose of either loosening or tightening
the flap cover the hole e'.
Eyelets or rings e are fixed on the cloth a with holes in the flaps p sewn on to the
flap c for the purpose of lacing the flap c¹ and other parts together as in Fig. 1.
Buckles or straps may be used if preferable.
A person by a pull at a loop f at the end of the lace g will remove the said lace g
from the leather or metal fastenings h and eyelets or rings e in order to remove the
cloth from a horse without dismounting from a vehicle.
The ends of the lace g are provided with metal tags i and at the base of the said
'lace I construct a cross lace j which passes through loops k. A small block 3 is
fixed to lace g to prevent the lace going entirely through the eyelet or ring e² when
the loop f is operated on by a person for removing the horse cloth from an animal.
Loose straps to pass round any part of harness with eyelets are attached to each
side of the cloth & in order to secure the cloth to a horses flanks.
The free edges of the flaps p are marked band the slits or cuts are shown by dotted
lines A to B, and the stitching lines are marked 2 in the parts of the cloth which is
intended to cover the neck of a horse.
A neck strap m is attached to the cloth which is fastened in a loop n on the
opposite side.
In Fig. 2, (an alternate shape) I construct the cloth a with various parts buttoned
together, .e. buttons o are attached to the horse cloth and engage with suitable
button holes.
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 :-
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1. In horse clothes, the combination of the various parts above described in this
specification and according to Fig. 1, of the accompanying drawing.
2. In horse clothes, the combination of the various parts above described in this
specification and according to Fig. 2, of the accompanying drawing.
3. In horse clothes, the combination of the various parts, substantially as
described in the above specification.
Dated this 27th day of October 1807
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.