Year: 1889

page_text: We SAMUEL SONDHEIM of 35 Noble Street London E.C. Merchant THOMAS
RICHARDSON of 9 Eagle Place Piccadilly Circus London W. Gentleman and
HERBERT WALTER LOADS of Calvert Street Norwich in the County of Norfolk
Merchant 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 has for its object to produce a horse collar which combines the
essential advantages of lightness durability comfort and economy of cost in manu-
facture.
To effect this we stitch or otherwise attach to the back of an ordinary leather
forewale of a horse collar a rim or pad of straw of a convenient shape and which is
quilted and made solid so as to form a foundation for the hames which rest thereon
while the front thereof is covered with patent leather so as to present a finished
appearance. Behind this straw foundation we fit an air pad of suitable shape and
dimensions and embed the same in flock or any other similar packing after which
we incase the same in a leather casing thus giving the collar the appearance of an
ordinary horse collar. The air pad is fitted with an air valve the stem whereof is
made of sufficient length to pass through the straw foundation to the front of the
collar and is fitted with a screw cap that takes into a nozzle plate which is fastened
to the front of the straw foundation so that the pad can be readily inflated with or
emptied of air as occasion may require.
By this improved method of constructing horse collars a considerable economy is
effected inasmuch as the air pad can be made of much smaller dimensions thus
materially reducing its cost. At the same time such economy in construction does
not in any way prejudice the collar which owing to the straw foundation is extremely
light thus rendering it very comfortable to the animal to wear while the collar is in
other respects equally durable as the horse collars hitherto in use.
We would here observe that we are aware that air pads have before been employed
in the construction of horse collars and we therefore inake no claim to the same save
in combination with a straw foundation.

page_text: The accompanying drawing shews a side view of a horse collar made according to
our invention the patent leather covering and leather casing being represented as
partly removed so as to clearly shew the construction of the collar. a is the forewale
of the collar- the quilted straw pad atinched thereto the front patent leather
covering thereof the air pad which is embedded in flock or in any other suitable
packing This packing is not shown in the drawing-e the outer leather casing. the
air valve through which the air pud is inflated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
In the construction of a horse collar the employment of a straw foundation in
combination with an air pad substantially in the mammer and for the purposes
hereinbefore described.
Dated this 4th day of February 1889.
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London,
Agents for the Applicants.