Year: 1888

page_text: I FREDERICK WILliam Squier, of 4 Indlerwick Road, Ferme Park, Hornsey, in the
County of Middlesex, Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement applied to bits for horses with the object.
of facilitating the attachment of the bridle or reins thereto and lessening the wear of
these latter, and it consists in the application thereto of a clip or fastening, preferably
of metal, one end of which is attached to the rings on the bit or to the bit itself, the
other end to a buckle of any kind.
The bridles or reins to be attached to a bit thus furnished are without the ordinary
billets or loops, the clip taking their place upon the bit or its rings and also carrying
the buckle, into which the bridle or rein is simply entered by its end, free from bend
or loop, until the tongue meets a suitably placed hole and secures the leather in the
buckle in the ordinary manner.
My clip may be permanently attached to the bit or its rings, but so as to move
freely thereon, its other end clipping on to the buckle when desired; or the clip
may be carried by the buckle and clip on to the bit at pleasure. I now prefer to
carry the clip on the bar of the buckle, so arranging it as to leave free play to
the tongue, but it might be attached to it otherwise if found more convenient.
also propose to round the part of my clip moving on the bit or its rings so as to have
as little friction as possible.
I
Dated th: m
1000

page_text: 1, FREDERICK WILLIAM SQUIER, of 4 Inderwick Road, Ferme Park, Hornsey, in the
County of Middlesex, Saddler, 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 an improvement applied to bits for horses with the object
of facilitating the attachment of the bridle or reins thereto and lessening the wear of
these latter, and it consists in the application thereto of a clip or fastening, preferably
of metal, one end of which is attached to the rings on the bit or to the bit itself, the
other end to a buckle of any kind.
On the accompanying sheet of drawing
:-
Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved clip or fastening.
Figure 2 is a plan of same, and
Figure 3 shows the application of the clip or fastening in combination with bit and
bridle.
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A being the clip or fastening.
B the rings on bit.
C the Buckle.
D the bridle reins or straps―d, end of same passed through the buckle and secured
by its tongue.
The Bridles or reins to be attached to a bit furnished with my improvement are
without the ordinary billets or loops, the clip A taking their place upon the bit, or
upon its rings B, and also carrying the buckle C into which the bridle or rein is
simply entered by its end d, free from bend or loop, until the tongue meets a suitably
placed hole and secures the leather D in the buckle in the ordinary manner, as shown
in Figure 3.
My clip may be permanently attached to the bit or its rings, but so as to move
freely thereon, its other end clipping on to the buckle when desired; or the clip may
be carried by the buckle and clip on to the bit at pleasure. I now prefer to carry the
clip on the bar of the buckle, as shown on the drawing; so arranging it as to leave
free play to the tongue, but it might be attached to it otherwise if found more con-
venient.. I also prefer to round the part of my clip moving on the bit or its rings so
as to have as little friction as possible, and if deemed desirable I may make the ends
of the clip to form a spring catch by which it may be attached to and removed from
bit and buckle at pleasure.
It will be evident that my clip attachment might be used for suspending wallets
and other articles from the saddle and wherever it is desired to avoid friction of leather
on a ring or on a bar.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvement in attaching the bridle or reins to a bit hereinbefore described
and illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
2. The clip A, whether secured permanently to the bit or ring B or to the buckle C,
or made to be attached thereto as required, substantially as described.