Improvements in Saddles.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Saddles.
I, ALEXANDER SCOTT, of 15, South Molton Street, Grosvenor Square, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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My invention applies especially to ladies' saddles.
For the crutch and the leaping head, which are usually separate the one from
the other, I substitute a combined crutch and leaping head. I make this part
hollow and I cause it to be rigid by inflating it with air for which purpose an
air proof lining and inflation valve are provided. The form of the compound
crutch and leaping head is such as to give a much larger gripping surface for
the legs of the rider to embrace than do the corresponding parts of an ordinary
saddle. These saddles may be so made that the projecting parts when not
inflated shall fold down into a recess and the saddle may then be used, by a
gentleman rider or the inflated part may be detachable. Amongst the advantages
of my invention are,
(1) The increased area available for grip.
(2) Less liability for the habit to catch and hang upon it.
(3) Softness and consequent comfort in riding.
Improvements in Saddles.
I, ALEXANDER SCOTT, of 15, South Molton Street, Grosvenor Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Ladies' Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention applies especially to ladies' saddles.
For the crutch and the leaping head, which are usually separate the one from
the other, I substitute a combined crutch and leaping head. I make this part
hollow and I cause it to be rigid by inflating it with air for which purpose an
air proof lining and inflation valve are provided. The form of the compound
crutch and leaping head is such as to give a much larger gripping surface for
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page_text: the legs of the rider to embrace than do the corresponding parts of an ordinary
saddle.
The drawings annexed show a saddle in accordance with my invention and
constructed in the manner I prefer in carrying my invention into practice.
Figure 1 is a side view of the saddle with its combined crutch and leaping head.
Figure 2 is a front view of the same. Figures 3 and 4 show respectively a front
and a rear elevation of the combined crutch and leaping head. The saddle is
of the form and construction of an ordinary lady's saddle of modern type except
that, in place of the usual crutch and leaping head there is the structure
marked a in Figures and 2 which is the combined crutch and leaping head.
It consists of a strong leather pouch formed with or strongly attached to the
leather of the seat of the saddle. In this pouch there is placed an 'india rubber
bag or bladder of a form to fill the pouch completely. It is furnished with an
inflating valve and it is introduced into the pouch by an opening which is after-
wards laced up or otherwise suitably closed, the lace is shown in the drawing
at b. The bag or bladder is inflated in the same way that a football is blown
to an air pressure such as to render the structure sufficiently rigid.
Amongst the advantages of my invention are:-
(1) The increased area available for grip.
(2) Less liability for the habit to catch and hang upon it.
(3) Softness and consequent comfort in riding.
(4) Lightness.
(5) Cheapness of construction.
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(4) Lightness.
(5) Cheapness of construction.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A lady's saddle having a combined crutch and leaping head substantially
of the form indicated by the annexed drawings.
2. A lady's saddle having a combined crutch and leaping head consisting of a
pouch kept distended by air pressure substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1898.
ALEXANDER SCOTT.