Year: 1896

page_text: I, SAMUEL ARTHUR COOPER, of the Firm of Cooper, Webb Jones and Company,
of Littleton Street East, Walsall in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to means for the holding of driving and riding reins
when not in use, and consists essentially of a spring clip carried either upon a
rein rail or other part of a vehicle in the case of driving reins, and upon the fore
part of the saddle, in the case of riding reins, and my invention has for its object
an efficient holder, which is readily held or released without the employment of
complicated expedients.
In carrying out one form of my invention in connection with a rein holder,
I take an arm preferably curved on its underside, and of the figure of a bill, or
alike unto the curved handle of a spoon, and with the inner end formed with
a knuckle wherethrough a pin passes in connecting it to a small bracket carried
by the rail. A spring is coiled around the pin, with one of its free ends acting
upon the spoon shaped lever and the other end upon the bracket or the bar.
Normally the spring forces the lever to the rail, by its spring organised joint
end.
As a further form the spring may be located within a box at the joint end
and concealed from view, whilst the tip at the free end of the arm or lever is
slightly turned upwards so that the reins may be easily slipped between it and
the rail, and there held by the spring pressure.
Instead of making the spring lever arm from cut out sheet metal fashioned
into shape, the same may be made from casting, or it may be made from wire,
bent into the form of a long loop, and with the terminal ends formed into spring
loops, with the free ends made into levering arms, and with a pin passing through
the eyes of the loops in connecting the same to the brackets, ears or equivalents.
In using the clip simply draw the reins under the same when they become held.
The application of my invention to the other parts of vehicles and saddles
differs in no essential respect from its application to that of a rein rail as
described.
Deted thin 11th law of Vormber 1904

page_text: Improvements in Rein Holders
I, SAMUEL ARTHUR COOPER of the Firm of Cooper, Webb Jones and Company,
of Littleton Street East, Walsall in the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention relates to means for the holding of driving and riding reins
when not in use, and consists essentially of a spring clip or tongue carried either
upon a rein rail, dash board or other part of a vehicle in the case of driving
reins, or upon a suitable part of the saddle, in the case of riding reins, and my
invention has for its object an efficient holder by which the reins can be readily
held or released without the employment of complicated expedients.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents, in elevation, a driving-rein
holder constructed according to one form of my invention and suitable for
application to the dash board of a vehicle.
Figure 2 is an edge view of the said rein holder applied to a dash board, and
Figure 3 is a vertical section of Figure 2, upon the dotted line r, showing the
reins held in place.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 3 of
the drawing.
a is an arm or spring tongue, attached at its one end a¹, to a clip or attach-
ment b, adapted to embrace the top rail c¹ of a dash board c. The said arm a,
is preferably curved on its underside a², or is alike in shape to the curved handle
of a spoon, whilst the free or tip end a³, is turned upwards to form a lead to admit
of the reins d, being slipped between the tongue and the rail and being there
held by the spring pressure exercised by the former.
Both the tongue and the attachment clip are preferably made from sheet metal,
covered with japanned leather or other suitable material.
Figure 4 represents, in elevation, another form of rein holder constructed
according to my invention and applied by a suitable clip to the rein-rail of a
vehicle.
Figure 5 is a horizontal section upon the dotted line 2, Figure 4, and
Figure 6 is a vertical section of Figure 5 upon the dotted line 3.
In Figures 4, 5 and 6, a is the spring arm or rein-holding tongue, fashioned
into the form of a long loop, as represented, from stout wire or from rod metal,
with the outer end a bent up to form a lead for the introduction of the reins,
between the said arm and the rein rail e, to which it is attached, whilst the other
end a², is formed into double coiled springs a, through the axes of which, a
pine, passes, for connecting the said spring arm to the attachment bracket f
passing around the said rail e, and being drawn up tight thereon by means of
the nut el, screwing upon the wormed end e, of the said pin. The free ends a',
of the wire from which the arm and springs are fashioned, are extended into
short levers or abutments, taking a bearing upon the rein rail, so that the normal
tendency of the springs is to force the arm against the rail and so efficiently
hold reins slipped between them. The arm thus turns upon the springs as joints
and if necessary the levering abutments or heels a' may be held fast by a screw
or other means. In this arrangement the pin passing through the axis of the
coils may be dispensed with, as the coils themselves form the joint.
Figure 7 represents this form of rein holder as shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6

page_text: applied by means of a clip as represented in Figure 1, to the dash-board of a
vehicle.
a is the rein holder and 6 the clip.
Instead of forming the arm or loop and its springs integral with one another
as in Figures 4, 5 and 6 a separate spring may be strung upon the cross pin and
have its free ends respectively bearing upon the tep of the arm and the rail or
other part to which the rein-bolder is secared. The spring and loop ends may
also, if desired, be boxed in or otherwise concealed from view, and instead of
fashioning the arm or tongue from wire it may be fashioned out of sheet metal.
The application of my invention to rein holders applicable to other parts of
vehicles and also to riding saddles differs in no essential respect from its applica-
tion to the forms herein described.
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:-
Fist: A rein holder comprising a spring arm or tongue, with the free end
preferably curled up to form a lead for the reins and the other end made fast
to a clip or other attachment or part of a vehicle or saddle, substantially as
described and set forth.
Secondly: A rein holder comprising a spring arm, loop or tongue, with the
inner joint end provided with or formed into spring coils, through which a pin,
carried by an attachment bracket, passes, and with the free terminations of the
same extended or continued into levering abutments, substantially as described
and set forth.
Thirdly: A rein holder comprising a spring arm or tongue, fashioned from
wire or sheet metal, and with the inner end formed into or provided with a coil
or coils constituting a joint for the said arm and with the metal of the said coil
extended or continued and made fast or rigid to a bracket, article or rail carrying
the holder, substantially as described and set forth.
Fourthly: The improvements in rein holders, substantially as described and
set forth.
Dododhi 104 1 TL 100m
SAMUEL ARTHUR COOPER,
By Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.