Improvements in Breast Collars.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1893-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Breast Collars.
I CORNELIUS THEODORE CAIN of 304 Frederica Street, Owensborough,
Daviess County, Kentucky, United States of America, Photographer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in breast collars, whereby the
pulling strain is thrown on the animal's shoulder proper and the point of the
shoulder is relieved from all strain, so as to give comfort to the animal and enable
it to walk or trot with greater ease.
The breast collar is connected near its rear ends with the neck strap, and its
extreme rear ends with the traces in the usual manner. Within the sides of the
breast collar are arranged permanently shaped metallic shoulder plates placed in
the sheathing of the collar at the connection with the neck strap. Each shoulder
plate is bent edgwise vertically and has its rear end inclined downward and
rearward from the bend in order to align with the traces while the front end is
inclined downward from the bend and is also curved inwards and terminates at the
point of the shoulder.
Since the shoulder plates are formed of steel or spring brass they will permanently
retain their shape and yet yield sufficiently to be perfectly easy to the shoulder.
The breast collar assumes at the shoulders the same shape as the plates, so that
it conforms to the shape of the animal's shoulders and owing to the bend and the
particular curvature and inclination of the forward end all strain on the point of the
shoulder is removed and distributed higher up on the shoulder proper. Not only
so but the collar is left perfectly flexible between the shoulder points where it
crosses the wind pipe, and thus all liability of choking is avoided and at the same
time a much freer shoulder action (with far less friction) is afforded than if a
metallic bar extended throughout the length of the collar as has been heretofore
usual.
Dated this 6th day of December 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Breast Collars.
I, CORNELIUS THEODORE CAIN, Photographer, of 304 Frederica Street,
Owensborough, in the County of Daviess, and State of Kentucky, United States
of America, 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 certain improvements in breast-collars whereby the
pulling strain is thrown on the animal's shoulder proper and the point of the shoulder
is relieved from all strain so as to give comfort to the animal and enable it to walk
or trot with greater ease.
The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same,
as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.

page_text: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied.
Figure 2 is an enlarged plan view of the improvement, the horse's shoulders
being shewn in dotted lines....
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the shoulder plate, and
Figure 4 is a plan of the same.
The breast collar A is connected near its rear ends with the neck strap B and at
its extreme rear ends with the traces C in the usual manner. Within the sides of
the collar A are arranged permanently shaped metallic shoulder plates D placed in
the sheathing of the collar at the connection with the neck strap B as is plainly
indicated in Figure Each shoulder plate D is bent edgewise vertically as at D'
and has its rear end D' inclined downward and rearward from the bend D² in order
to align with the traces and the front end D³ inclined downward from bend D2 and
is also curved inward (see Figure 2) and terminates at the point of the shoulder as
indicated by the dotted lines 1-1. Since the shoulder plates are formed of steel
or spring brass they will permanently retain their shape and yet yield sufficiently
to be perfectly easy to the shoulder. The collar A. assumes at the shoulders the
same shape as the plates D so that it conforms to the shape of the animals'
shoulders and owing to the bend D2 and the particular curvature and inclination
of the forward end D³ all strain on the point of the shoulder is removed and
distributed higher up on the shoulder proper. Not only so but the collar is left
perfectly flexible between the shoulder points where it crosses the wind-pipe and
thus all liability of choking is avoided and at the same time a much freer shoulder
action (with far less friction) is afforded than if a metallic bar extended throughout
the length of the collar as has been heretofore done. In Figure 1 I have
illustrated by dotted lines how the draught strain is distributed over the entire
shoulder instead of at the point of the shoulder only.
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. As a new and improved article of manufacture the breast-collar herein described,
consisting of the leather sheathing or collar proper formed at the juncture of its
front and sides with bends extending upward from the front to the side portions of
the collar, the neck strap connected at its ends with the sides of the collar at
points in advance of the rear ends of said sides, and two spring metal shoulder
plates encased in said sheathing said plates being arranged with their forward
ends terminating on opposite sides of the middle portion of the front of the collar,
whereby said middle portion is left flexible and free of metal bracing; and
extending thence back up the bent portion of the collar and rearwardly along the
sides and terminating at a point in rear of the connection of the neck strap whereby
to prevent the connection with the shoulder strap from drawing the sides of the
collar out of line, said plates being cut to form the downward bend and bent
permanently to conform to the turn of the shoulder at the juncture of the sides. and
"front of the collar, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. As a new manufacture, the permanently shaped spring metal shoulder plate D
bent vertically edgewise between its ends as shown at D² the rear end D' being
inclined rearward and downward on a.straight line and the forward end D³ being
inclined or curved downward from the bend D and inward to conform to the shape
of the shoulder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Deted this 29th d...
1000
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
C. T. CAIN,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.