Improvements in or relating to Trace Hooks for Use with Vehicles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Trace Hooks for Use with Vehicles.
I, THOMAS PATRICK, 17, Devonshire Street, West Kensington, London, W.,
Fruiterer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in or relating to trace hooks for
vehicles, the object being to enable the trace or the like to be readily detached
from the trace hook when required and also to enable the relative position of
pull to be varied according to the circumstances. It has been found that where
the ordinary trace hook is employed and the horse stumbles or falls it is very
difficult sometimes to remove the trace from the hook owing to the weight of the
horse exerting pressure upon same, and to remove the trace from the hook is
extremely difficult owing to the necessity of partly lifting the horse or animal.
In order to overcome this objection I attach the trace hook to a piece of metal
or other suitable material adapted to engage in a socket piece which is secured
to a suitable part of the vehicle. The part carrying the trace hook is provided
with an aperture which may be square or of other suitable internal configuration
which corresponds with apertures formed in the socket piece. A pin is employed,
the cross section of which is similar to that of the configuration of the apertures
aforesaid in the socket piece and part carrying the trace hook. When the pin is
inserted in the socket piece and part carrving the trace hook, the parts are con-
nected together; and in the event of the horse or other animal falling down and
lying upon the trace, it is only necessary to withdraw the pin; and the part carrying
the trace hook will be released from the socket piece, and so the trace may be
readily removed from the trace hook if desired, thus facilitating the raising of the
horse or animal.
The part carrying the trace hook may be secured in the socket piece so as to
vary the relative position of the pull that is to say: the trace hook may be brought
more or less to either side of the socket piece as required, this depending upon the
configuration of the apertures in the socket piece and part carrying the trace hook; the
pin being inserted to secure the parts in the required position.
Date : 204h dar of Tune 1808

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention consists of improvements in or relating to trace hooks for
vehicles, the object being to enable the trace or the like to be readily detached
from the trace hook when required, and also to enable the relative position of
pull to be varied according to the circumstances. It has been found that where
the ordinary trace hook is employed and the horse stumbles or falls it is very
difficult sometimes to remove the trace from the hook owing to the weight of the
horse exerting pressure upon same and to remove the trace from the hook is
extremely difficult owing to the necessity of partly lifting the horse or animal.
In order to overcome this objection I attach the trace hook to a piece of metal
or other suitable material adapted to engage in a socket piece which is secured
to a suitable part of the vehicle. The part carrying the trace hook is provided
with an aperture which may be square or of other suitable internal configuration
which corresponds with apertures formed in the socket piece. A pin is employed,
the cross section of which is similar to that of the configuration of the apertures
aforesaid in the socket piece and part carrying the trace hook. When the pin is
inserted in the socket piece and part carrying the trace hook, the parts are con-
nected together; and in the event of the horse or other animal falling down and
lying upon the trace, it is only necessary to withdraw the pin; and the part carrying
the trace hook will be released from the socket piece, and so the trace may be
readily removed from the trace hook if desired, thus facilitating the release of the
horse or animal.
The part carrying the trace hook may be secured in the socket piece so as to
vary the relative position of the pull. That is to say, the trace hook may be brought
more or less to either side of the socket piece as required, this depending upon the
configuration of the apertures in the socket piece and part carrying the trace hook;
the pin being inserted to secure the parts in the required position.
For purposes of illustration I will now refer to the annexed drawings, in which :-
Figure 1, is a plan view of my invention.
Figure 2, side elevation of same.
a is a piece of suitable material such as metal which is attached to the vehicle
and which carries the socket b. Attached to the trace hook is a piece of metal
adapted to engage in the socket b. A square or other suitably shaped Hole or
aperture is provided in the socket piece b, and the part d, through which a pin c
having a section of a configuration corresponding to that of the hole or aperture
may be passed. By this arrangement it will be seen that by withdrawing the pin c
the parts will be disconnected.
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:
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1. The means for connecting trace hooks to vehicles substantially as described
and illustrated herein and for the purpose set forth.
2. In means for connecting trace hooks to vehicles: the socket piece attached
to the vehicle in which a piece of suitable material such as metal engages, said
piece being attached to the trace hook or trace; a square or other suitably shaped
aperture formed in the socket and the piece aforesaid; a pin the section of which
corresponds with the configuration of the hole or aperture in the socket piece
attached to the trace hook for the purpose of connecting the same together,
substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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1000