CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES
Year: 1842

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
ROLT, of 5, Great Cumberland Place, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire,
a Colonel in Her Majesty's Service, send greeting.
. WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Fifteenth day of September, One thousand eight hundred and
forty-two, in the sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said John Rolt, my exors, admors, and
assigns, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I,
the said John Rolt, my exors, adññors, and assigns, and such others as I, the
said John Rolt, my exors, adñors, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within that part of Her said Majesty's United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland called England, Her Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Her Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, and
Man, and also in all Her said Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad,
my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES ;" in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said John Rolt, shall particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court
of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date

page_text: of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Rolt, do hereby declare the nature of my. Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement thereof, and by the Drawings therein referred
to and hereunto annexed (that is to say):-
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My Invention relates to Certain Improvements in Saddles, and consists
in a novel and peculiar arrangement of that part of the saddle called the
'pummel," by constructing it in such a manner as to admit of an umbrella
being fixed thereto as herein-after fully described, whereby the fatigue con-
sequent upon the exposure of military men to the rays of the sun during long
marches is considerably diminished, and many serious disorders occasioned by
such exposure avoided. And in order to explain my said Invention as fully
as possible, I will proceed to describe the arrangement of parts connected
therewith which I consider well calculated for carrying out my said Invention,
and which will be found to answer extremely well.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure, 1 represents an elevation of a saddle with my improvements attached
thereto. Figure. 2, an end view of the same, showing the umbrella placed at
an angle. Figure 3, a detached plan view, shewing an arrangement for raising
and lowering the umbrella, and the method of fixing the same in. the socket.
Figure 4, a. vertical section, shewing an arrangement for placing and retaining
the umbrella at different angles. Figure 5, a plan view of the socket.
Figure 6, an elevation representing the umbrella as in use, and the general
arrangement and adaptation of my improvements. Figure 7, an elevation
representing the umbrella out of use inserted in the leather case attached to
the saddle. Figure. 8, an enlarged view of part of the improvements. a, a, that
part of a saddle called the "pummel," which in this case is made consider-
ably higher than in ordinary saddles, to admit of a socket being formed
therein, and into which a piece of metal c, c, fits accurately; and is prevented
from turning round by a feather or projection d, d, formed upon that part which
enters the socket which has grooves 1, 2, 3, formed therein to admit the feather;
e, e, a projecting arm, at one end of which is a socket f to receive the stick g
of the umbrella, the other end having collars h, i, formed thereon, which take
their abutment against the inner and outer surfaces of the piece of metal c, c;
a slot k being formed therein for raising or lowering the arm e, c, holes * being
arranged in the collar h and metal piece c, which when brought opposite to

page_text: each other are secured in the required position by the double pin l, l, being
passed through them, the same being attached to the piece c by a chain, as
shewn by the enlarged view Figure 8. This arrangement is necessary, in
order to preserve the vertical position. of the umbrella when using my
improved saddle upon horses varying in the height of the shoulder.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be and may be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do
not claim the exclusive use of any of the separate parts herein referred to,
except when the same are used in combination for the purposes of my said
Invention, which I declare to consist in the particular construction of saddles
and parts connected therewith, so as to admit of an umbrella being supported
in one part thereof, as represented by the annexed Drawing, and for the
purposes above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Rolt, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
Enrolled the Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-three.