Improvements in or relating to Horse Collars Used for Draught Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 27th Mar.. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Horse Collars Used for Draught
Purposes.
JOHN SMITH HAINSWORTH Colonial Agent 19ª Coleman Street London E.C.
THOMAS RICHARD WHITTINGHAM Saddler 734 High Road, Leytonstone Essex do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
We have for object, one or more metal tubes, or bars, or the like, fixed to the
saddle, on to which are secured, and may be made to swivel, straight, curved, or
otherwise bent steel or other like metal bars or tubes, shaped to either side of the
neck of the animal, being continued and made to meet underneath the throat, at
the junction of the neck and trunk of animal and secured by an adjustable fastening
or the like.
To this shaped metal tubes or bars, is fixed by stays, at desirable distances, another
similar piece of metal or the like, curved, to run nearly parallel, and shaped so as
to meet and be secured just below the wither or thereabout, on the top, and just
above the point of the shoulder or thereabout at the bottom.
To the stays, and bent metal pieces, is secured suitable padding, covered partially
or wholly, with leather, or cloth or the like.
At a point near the socket is provided a connection, or brace of leather or
metal or the like, for bracing the two shaped metals.
Provision is made for pole chain, and rein rings and draught, for trace attach-
ment in suitable positions."
For double harness use, a strap of leather or the like may be attached from
the saddle to the collar.
October 30th 1896.
JNO. S. HAINS WORTH.
T. R. WHITTINGHAM.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Horse Collars Used for Draught
Purposes.
I, JOHN SMITH HAINSWORTH, of 194, Coleman Street, in the City of London,
Colonial Agent, and THOMAS RICHARD WHITTINGHAM, of 734, High Road, Leyton-
stone, in the County of Essex, Saddler, 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 :-
Our invention relates to harness collars for horses and consists in a novel
construction of the same whereby a horse is relieved of the weight of the collar
upon the withers and bas at the same time much greater freedom of movement
provided for the neck.
According to our invention we dispense with the usual collar and employ in
lieu thereof two pads which bear upon the shoulders of the animal in the same
manner as the shoulder pieces of an ordinary collar. These pads are held in place

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hy a metal bar or tube which is bent so as to lie against the pads when the latter
are in their working position the said pads being riveted or otherwise secured to the
bar which is bent under the throat in such a manner that the throat will not come
into contact with it, whilst the upper ends of the said bar are continued backwards
and pivotally
or otherwise suitably attached to the usual harness saddle the said
hent bar or tube thus serving in lieu of hames. We sometimes form the tube in two
parts jointed together.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a front view of our improved collar; and,
Figure 2 is a side view shewing it arranged in combination with the harness
saddle and applied to a horse:
Figure 3 is a plan view of the collar; and,
Figure 4 is
section through one of the pads on the line 4-4 Figure 2 but
drawn to a larger scale.
a, a are the shoulder pads of our improved collar and b, is the bent bar or
tube to which the said pads are secured, the said tube being bent at that part
which comes under the animal's throat as at c so that the throat will not come
into contact with it and having the ends extended rearwardly and attached to the
harness saddle d. Or the tube can be in two parts jointed together at c. As shewn
in the drawing the rearwardly extending ends of the said bar or tube are provided
with eyes e, e which fit on to a cross barf having an eye at its centre for enabling
the said bar to be suspended from a projection on the saddled by means of a
strap g.
The eyes e, e are held in position upon the ends of the cross bar by means of a
strap h, caps i, i plain or ornamented being placed over the eyes to hide the ends of
the said cross bar if desired, and thus give a neat appearance.
With the arrangement thus described it will be obvious that the weight of the
collar is altogether taken off the withers of the horse, the weight of the collar bearing
against the shoulders of the horse in practically the same direction as that in which
the pull is exerted.
The pads a, a may be attached to the tube by any suitable means; in the
drawing we have represented metal plates j, j (shewn in dotted lines in Figure 2
and also in section in Figure 4) attached to the bent tube the said plates being
suitably shaped to correspond as nearly as possible with the configuration of the
pads which are to be fixed upon them. Each pad is stitched or otherwise fixed
upon its plate, pieces of leather k, k being employed to cover the said plate j in a
manner which will be readily understood by reference to Figure 4.
When our improved collar is to be used in pair horse harness we advantageously
arrange straps between the pads and the saddle, as indicated by the dotted lines at /
in Figure 2, the said straps serving when backing or going down hill for preventing
the collar from being pushed forward out of position upon the shoulders.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. A harness collar wherein a bent bar or tube, either in one piece or in halves
jointed together, forming the collar hames is connected to the harness saddle ad
has fixed to it shoulder pads, substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
2. The manufacture and use of harness collars, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 2nd day
1007
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.