Improvements in the Construction of Saddle Trees.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of Saddle Trees.
I, SAMUEL DAVIS, of 10, Chaussée D'antin, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
Saddle trees as usually constructed are made of several pieces of wood shaped
and joined together by various methods. Such trees are weak at their junctions
and are apt to become disjointed under the weight of the rider more especially by
the effects of sudden shocks given them in usage such as in jumping, thus causing
them to break and resulting in dangerous accidents both to the rider and the
animal.
This invention consists in a saddle tree made of vulcanized fibre in one piece.
This can be produced by cutting out a suitable blank from a sheet of such fibre
and by suitable moulds and appliances, shaping this blank into the form of a saddle
tree.
Metal bands placed on the outer surface or exterior of the tree may be joined by
rivets to similar bands on the inner surface or interior of the tree, thus strengthening
the tree and preserving its shape notwithstanding any strain to which it be
subjected.
Improvements in the Construction of Saddle Trees
I, SAMUEL DAVIS, of 10, Chaussée D'Antin, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what inanner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
Saddle trees as usually constructed are made of several pieces of wood shaped
and joined together by various methods. Such trees are weak at their junctions
and are apt to become disjointed under the weight of the rider more especially by
the effects of sudden shocks given them in usage such as in jumping thus causing
them to break; resulting in dangerous accidents both to the rider and the animal.
This invention consists in a saddle tree made of vulcanized fibre in one piece.
This can be produced by cutting or stamping out a suitable blank from a sheet
of such fibre and by suitable moulds and appliances, shaping this blank into the
form of a saddle tree.

page_text: Metal bands placed on the outer surface or exterior of the tree may be joined by
rivets to similar bands on the inner surface or interior of the tree, thus strengthen-
ing the tree and preserving its shape notwithstanding any strain to which it is
subjected.
Referring to the annexed drawing-
Fig. 1 represents a form or blank cut or stamped out from a sheet of vulcanized
fibre.
Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the tree when constructed and
Fig. 3 shows a plan thereof.
The cut out sheet of fibre as shown by Fig. 1'is softened and by an appropriate
mould and appliances, shaped to take the form of the tree (Figs. 2 & 3).
Metal bands 1, 2 are placed on the outside of the tree & placed so as to be
joined by rivets to similar bands on the interior of the tree (not shown) to
strengthen the same and preserve its form notwithstanding any strain to which it
may be subjected.
Having now particularly described and
tion and in what manner the same is to
claim is :-
ascertained the nature of this inven-
be performed, I declare that what I
A saddle tree capable of being used in all kinds of saddles and formed of one
piece of vulcanized fibre, to which the necessary form is given by appropriate
moulds, the tree being strengthened above and below by metal bands joined by
rivets or otherwise, substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.