Improvements in Shafto Saddles.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shafto Saddles.
I MATTHEW HARRY MASON of Park Mount Strensham Road Moseley in the County
of Worcester Manager of Works do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to
be as follows :-
My invention has reference to riding saddles of the kind commonly called shafto
saddles and consists in the improvements hereinafter described in the knee rolls of the
flaps of the said saddles and in the pad at the top rear of the flap of the said saddles
called the blister.
In making the said knee rolls and blisters according to my invention I employ
vulcanised india rubber sponge which I mould into the required size and shape by the
method or methods ordinarily employed in manufacturing articles of vulcanised india
rubber sponge. The knee rolls and pads so made may either be covered with leather
and attached by sewing to the flap of the saddle or the knee roll and blister may be
attached to the flap of the saddle under the outer leather covering of the flap the said
outer leather covering in that case covering the knee roll and blister.
Instead of vulcanised india rubber sponge solid vulcanised india rubber may be
employed in the manufacture according to my invention of the knee rolls and blisters
of shafto saddles. Or the said knee rolls and blisters may be made hollow of
vulcanised india rubber and inflated with air. I prefer however to make the knee
rolls and blisters of shafto saddles of vulcanised india rubber sponge as herein first
explained.
Knee rolls and blisters of shafto saddles made according to my invention are inuch
more elastic than knee rolls and blisters as ordinarily manufactured. They also retain
their elasticity and wear longer than ordinary knee rolls and blisters.
Dated this 29th day of December 1888.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shafto Saddles.
1 MATTHEW HARRY MASON of Park Mount Strensham Road Moseley in the County
of Worcester Manager of Works-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 :-
My invention bas reference to riding saddles of the kind commonly called shafto
saddles and consists in the improvements hereinafter described in the knee rolls of the
flaps of the said saddles and in the pad at the top rear of the flap of the said saddles
called the blister.
In making the said knee rolls and blisters according to my invention I employ
vulcanised india rubber sponge which I mould into the required size and shape by the
method or methods ordinarily employed in manufacturing articles of vulcanised india
rubber sponge. The knee rolls and pads so made may either be covered with leather
and attached by sewing to the flap of the saddle or the knee roll and blister may be
attached to the flap of the saddle under the outer leather covering of the flap the said
outer leather covering in that case covering the knee roll and blister.
Instead of vulcanised india rubber sponge solid vulcanised india rubber may be
employed in the manufacture according to my invention of the knee rolls and blisters
of shafto saddles. Or the said knee rolls and blisters may be made hollow of
vulcanised india rubber and inflated with air. I prefer however to make the knee

page_text: rolls and blisters of shafto saddles of vulcanised. india rubber sponge as herein first
explained.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in front elevation and Figure 2
in side elevation a shafto or riding saddle the flaps of which are provided with knoe
rolls and pads or blisters according to my invention.
Figure 3 represents in cross section one of the Haps of the saddle taken on the
dotted line y Figure 2 drawn to a larger scale Figure 4 represents one of the knee
rolls and Figure 5 one of the pads or blisters of the saddle Hap drawn to the same
scale as Figure 3.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
Drawing.
a a are the flaps of the saddle bare the knee rolls near the front of the flaps and
cc are the pads or blisters at the top rear of the flaps adjoining the seat. The
said knee rolls bb and pads or blisters ce are made preferably of vulcanized india
rubber sponge which is moulded in the ordinary way into the required size and
shape but the said knee rolls and pads or blisters may be made of solid vulcanized
india rubber or the india rubber knee rolls and blisters may be made hollow and
inflated with air.
It will be seen by an examination of the drawing that the knee rolls bb are nearly
semi-circular in cross section with flat bottoms their ends tapering to points and
that the pads or blisters c c are nearly flat with curved edges.
The method of attaching the india rubber knee rolls bb and pads or blisters cc
which I prefer to employ I have shown in connection with the saddle represented
in the Drawing. That is to say I take the sponge or solid or hollow inflated india
rubber knee rolls bb and fix them by their flat bottoms by cement at the front
of the strong inner leather a of the flaps and similarly I fix the pads or blisters cc
at the top rear parts of the flaps. I then cover the attached knee rolls b b and
blisters cc and the outer face of the strong inner leather a of the flap with pig
skin or thin leather marked a³ in Figure 3 and secure the edges of the outer skin
or leather a² to the edges of the thick inner leather a of the Hap by stitching in
the ordinary way. In order the better to fix the positions of the knee rolls and
blisters on the flaps the covering skin or leather a² may be stitched around the
inner edges of the rolls and blisters as indicated at a Figure 2 but the last
named stitching may be omitted. Or the india rubber knee rolls and pads or
blisters ce may be covered with leather and attached by sewing to the flaps of
the saddle but I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any particular
way of attaching the india rubber knee rolls and pads or blisters to the flaps of
the saddle nor do I limit myself to the figure of the said india rubber knee rolls
and pads or blisters.
Knee rolls and blisters of shafto or riding saddles made according to my invention
are much more elastic than knee rolls and blisters as ordinarily manufactured. They
also retain their elasticity and shape and wear longer than ordinary knee rolls and
blisters.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention:-
Making the knee rolls and pads or blisters of the flaps of shafto or riding saddles
of vulcanized india rubber sponge or of solid vulcanized india rubber or making the
vulcanized india rubber knee rolls and pads or blisters hollow and inflated with air
the said vulcanized india rubber knee rolls and pads or blisters being attached to the
flaps of the saddle substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawing.
Dated the Nineteenth day of Santambar 1980.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.