Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 28th Jan., 1887.
I, FRANKLIN LAMBERT HENRY of Comly in the County of Perry and State of
Ohio, United States of America, Farmer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a harness wherein the breeching passes over the rump of
the horse, and the Invention consists principally in dividing the back strap, or making
it in two parts, where it joins or intersects the breeching so as to remove all strain
and pressure from the spine of the horse while in the act of backing or holding back
a load.
The Invention also consists in bifurcating the forward end of the back strap and
attaching the bifurcated ends to the harness so as to transfer all or a portion of the
weight of the collar, hames, tongue, neck-yoke etc, from the neck to the back of the
horse, to prevent galling of the neck.
The Invention finally consists of the construction arrangement and combination
of parts all as hereinafter described.
The hames, collar, back pad, and belly band, may be of the usual or of any approved
construction except that the hames are each provided with a ring or eye below the
upper hame strap to receive the bifurcated front ends of the back strap and excepting
also that the back pad is provided with a metal tree provided with loops to guide the
bifurcated ends of the back strap. The breeching strap passes over the rump of the
horse and is attached to the back strap and is provided with a central iron
that joins the breeching strap to the back strap. This iron is curved upward in the
centre and the back strap is slotted or bifurcated (i.e made in two parts which are
reunited at the crupper) under the iron so that no part of the harness touches the
spine of the horse at the point where the breeching crosses the rump. The lower ends
of the breeching are held in place by a strap that passes over the back of the horse
and is attached to the back strap and the lower ends of the breeching are attached to
the hold-back strap or to a belly band by side straps and a short central strap, and
the front hold-back strap passes between the fore-legs of the animal and is attached
to the collar or to the neck yoke and the latter is attached to the hames by a strap in

page_text: the ordinary manner. The traces are attached to the hames in the usual manner and
are held by loops and a hip strap which is made in two parts joined together and to
the bifurcated rear parts of the back strap by an arched iron so that all pressure is
removed from the bony prominences at the summit of the horse's rump situated on
either side of the spinal column and upon which there is a constant pressure by the
ordinary harness. By dividing the back strap at its forward end and attaching the
two straps to the hames the weight of the hames and collar and all parts attached
thereto may be shifted from the top of the horse's neck to his back and by dividing
the back strap at the hips and placing the breeching over the rump of the horse there
is no danger of injurious pressure coming upon the horse's spine; and the advantage
that this situation of the breeching and weight of the hames, collar etc gives to the
horse in backing or holding back a load is considerable, since the load comes upon
him in the line of his greatest strength-viz-immediately over and in the line with
his limbs and it gives him the advantage of his weight in addition to his strength in
holding back and does not restrain any of his movements or the expansion of his
muscles in hauling. The dividing of the back strap also removes pressure of the
back strap upon the withers.
In some cases, I shall make the breeching and arch iron adjustable along the back
strap to exactly suit the harness to the horse, and this adjustment may be accomplished
by means of the spring hooks or fastenings attached to the arch-iron and adapted to
enter holes in the bifurcated parts of the back strap or by any other suitable means.
In some cases, as in heavy harness, the back strap may be twice divided and one part
on either side of the harness adapted to be adjustable on the hame.
F. L. HEMRY.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
Patent Agents.
1, FRANKLIN LAMBERT HEMRY formerly of Comly, but at present of Corning in
the County of Perry and State of Ohio United States of America Farmer do hereby 3
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 :-
My Invention relates to a harness wherein the breeching passes over the rump of
the horse; and the Invention consists principally in dividing the back strap, or
making it in two parts where it joins or intersects the breeching, so as to remove all 3
strain and pressure from the spine of the horse while in the act of backing or holding
back a load.

page_text: The Invention also consists in making the forward end of the back strap in two
parts which are attached to the harness, to transfer all or a portion of the weight of
the collar, hames, tongue, neck-yoke, etc; from the neck to the back of the horse to
prevent galling of the neck.
The Invention finally consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination
of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which figure 1 shews my new harness applied to a horse, and shewing
the neck yoke attached and in section; and figure 2 is a perspective view of the
harness without the hames, collar, braces, hold-back, and breast-straps. Similar letters
of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.
The hames A, collar B, back pad C, and belly band D, may be of the usual or of
any approved construction, except that the hames A are each provided with a ring
or eye below the upper hame strap a¹ to receive the bifurcated front ends ee of the
back strap E, and excepting also that the back pad is provided with a metal tree T
provided with loops to guide the straps e e, as shown. F is the breeching strap.
This passes over the rump of the horse and is attached to the back strap E and is
provided with the central iron that joins the strap F to the back strap E. The iron f
is curved upward in the centre and the back strap E is slotted or made in two parts
ee under the iron f, as shewn, so that no part of the harness touches the spine of the
horse at the point where the breeching crosses the rump. The lower ends of the
breeching are held in place by the strap G that passes over the back of the horse and
is attached to the back strap E, and the lower ends of the breeching are attached to
the hold back strap H, or belly band D, by the side straps II and short strap J, and
the front hold back strap H is attached to the neck yoke K (or collar B) and the
latter is attached to the lames by the strap L in the ordinary manner. The traces M
are attached to the hames in the usual manner, and are held by loops d and hip strapj
which is made in two parts joined together, and to the parts ele¹ of the back strap E
by the arched iron, so that all pressure is removed from the bony prominences at
the summit of the horse's rump situated immediately on either side of the spinal
column and upon which there is constant pressure by the ordinary harness.
By dividing the back strap E at its forward end, and using the two straps e attached to
the hames, the weight of the hames and collar and all parts attached thereto may be
shifted from the top of the horse's neck to his back; and by dividing the back strap E at
the hips, and placing the breeching over the rump of the horse, there is no danger of
injurious pressure coming upon the horse's spine; and the advantage that this
situation of the breeching and weight of the hames, collar, etc; gives to the horse in
backing or holding back a load is considerable, since the load comes upon him in the
line of his greatest strength,-viz-immediately over and in line with his limbs, and it
gives him the advantage of his weight in addition to his strength in holding back and
does not restrain any of his movements or the expansion of his muscles in hauling.
The dividing of the back strap also removes the pressure of the back strap upon the
withers.
In some cases, I shall make the breeching F and arch iron adjustable along the
back strap E to exactly suit the harness to the horse, and this adjustment may be
accomplished by means of the spring hooks or fastenings ii attached to the arch
iron fand adapted to enter holes in the parts e¹ e' of the back strap, as shewn in
figure 2, or by any other suitable means.
In some cases, as in heavy harness, the back strap may be twice divided, and one.
part on either side of the harness adapted to be adjustable on the hame.
Figure 3, shews on a larger scale a trace carrier U to be attached to the parts e¹ e¹
of the back band E. This trace carrier is made of metal, arched and provided with
cross-rods tt on each of which is secured a notched or clutch collar t'. A loose
collar is also placed upon each rod t. These loose collars are notched and held in
contact with the notched face of the fixed collars t¹ by coiled springs t. The torsion
of these springs normally holds the notches of the collars t, in which position the
hooks of the loose collars t² stand in proper position to receive the cock eyes of

page_text: the traces. In case the traces are pulled, the collars 2 will turn upon the rods t
against the torsion of the springs t which will permit the cock eye to slip off from
the hooks t. This is convenient in hitching up the horse, and obviates danger of
breaking the trace carrier in case the trace should accidentally become caught in any
object while the harness is on the horse.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ;
1. In a harness, the breeching arranged to pass over the rump of the horse in
combination with the back strap divided at the hips of the horse and having its branch
straps connected with the breeching substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The back strap E, having the breeching I connected thereto and formed with
the straps e adapted to be attached to the hames, substantially as described.
3. The hames A, provided with the rings or eyes a in combination with the back
strap E formed or provided with the short straps e, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
4. In a harness, the breeching provided with straps ff joined by a curve plate
in combination with the two part back strap, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
5. In a harness, the back strap formed with straps e e and e¹ e in combination
with the hames having rings or eyes, the hip strap made in two parts joined together
and to the strap ele by the arch piece j', and the breeching having straps joined
together and to the straps e¹ by curved or arched plate f¹, substantially as and for
the purpose described.
6. The back strap E, divided to form the straps e¹ e¹ in combination with the hip
strap made in two parts and attached to the straps e¹ e¹, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
7. The back strap, divided to form the straps el e¹ in combination with the hip strap j
made in two parts joined together and to the straps e¹ e¹ by the arch piece j³, sub-
stantially as described.
8. The back strap E divided to form the straps e e in combination with the back
pad C provided with the tree T having loops t to act as guides and supports to the
straps e, substantially as described.
F. L. HEMRY.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.