Improvements in Horse Tail Holders.
Year: 1894

page_text: United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 3rd Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Feb., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Horse Tail Holders.
I, JOSEPH FREDERICK LAVINE residing at corner of Main Street and
Broadway, Irvington, Greenburg in the County of Westchester and State of New
York, United States of America, Coachman, 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 :—
The invention is designed to provide a convenient and simple device or appliance
to support or hold the tail of a horse while the same is being trimmed, and to this
end, said invention consists in the holder or support constructed substantially as
and for the purpose hereinafter specified.
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device;
Figure 2, a side view of the same shown as folded.
In carrying my invention into practice, I provide a plate A to receive and
support the horse's tail, which, as shown, is made concave or dished to most readily
engage and confine the latter and has a length substantially equal to the fleshy
portion of the tail. Near its centre, said plate is pivotally connected by an eye or
ring a on its under side to the upper end of a slotted bar B while at one of its
ends it is pivoted or hinged to one end of a curved, C-shaped plate C, by means of
a lug or projection a' attached to its under side and extending a short distance
beyond such end. The other end of the plate C is pivotally connected to the
upper portion of a rod or bar D, that from said end on both sides thereof extends
downward and outward, and has its ends bent inward to enter sockets or openings
in the opposite ends of a horizontal bar E, and thus pivotally unite the latter and
said rod. These two, it will be observed form a triangular shaped frame. At its
longitudinal centre, the bar E has a threaded stud or screw e attached to it which
passes through the slot in the bar B, and by means of a thumb nut F enables the
two to be clamped together at any desired point along the length of the bar B.
To apply my invention to a horse, the crupper is passed through the curved
plate C, and the triangular frame composed of the bars D and E allowed to rest
against the horse's rump. By fixing the bar E at different points along the bar B,
it will be seen that the tail holding plate A can be adjusted to stand at different
angles of inclination.
My device answers perfectly the purpose for which it is designed. It is light
in weight and can very quickly and easily be applied to and removed from the
horse.
When not in use the holder can be compactly folded or closed as shown in
Figure 2, so as to take up but little space.

page_text: 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
1. In a holder or support for the tails of horses, the combination of the tail
receiving portion, the bar connected to and extending downward from the latter
the plate or part attached to said portion and adapted for connection with the
crupper and the frame to rest against the horse extending from said plate or part
to and connected with said bar, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. In a holder or support for the tails of horses, the combination of the tail
receiving portion, the bar connected to and extending downward from the latter,
the crupper engaging plate or part attached to said portion, and the frame to rest
against the horse, extending from said plate to and connected adjustably with said
bar, substantially as and for the purpose shown.
3. In a holder or support for the tails of horses, the combination of the tail
receiving plate, a bar connected to the latter, a curved crupper engaging plate
connected pivotally to the tail receiving plate, and the triangular frame, also
pivotally connected to the crupper engaging plate, and extending to and adjustably
connected with the bar, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.