Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 16th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 18th Jan.,
1887.
I JOHANN BERNARD HÖHNE of 90 Great Portland Street in the County of Middle-
Tailor and Habit Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
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follows:
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My Invention relates to ladies' riding saddles, and has for its object to prevent the
skirt catching on the lower pommel or bar should the rider be thrown towards the off-
side of the horse.
The Invention consists in hinging the said pommel or bar near its extremity in such
a way that the point of the pommel is free to turn upwards, and in attaching to such
hinged portion a guard, or arm, which normally lies close against the under surface of
the pommel but which will be swung downwards and outwards so as to push the skirt
from beneath the pommel, this motion being produced by the turning over of the hinged
end of the pommel caused by the rider's leg or by the skirt when the rider is thrown
in the way above referred to, the motion of the end and of the guard together, com-
bining to keep the skirt from the pommel.
J. B. HOHNE.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: I JOHANN BERNARD HÖHNE, of 90 Great Portland Street in the County of
Middlesex, Tailor and Habit Maker 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 :-
My invention relates to ladies' riding saddles and has for its object to prevent the
skirt catching on either "head" of the saddle should the rider be thrown sideways.
The invention consists in hinging or pivoting the "head". or rather the pad portion
thereof, in such a way that should the skirt catch upon it under the circumstances
mentioned it will be free to turn on its pivot so as to instantly disengage the skirt.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specifi-
cation wherein Figure 1 represents a cross section of a saddle-tree shewing the
invention as applied to the "leaping head" and "near side head." Figures 1" and 1"
shew details of the pivot joint of the "leaping head." Figure 2 is a side view of the
saddle, the "heads" being in their normal position. Figure 3 is a similar view, the
'leaping head" being reversed as by the rider falling towards the off side. Figure 4
is a similar view the near t side head" being reversed as by the rider falling towards
the near side. Figure 5 shews the "leaping head" as in the act of turning on its
pivot. Figure 6 shows a similar view of a leaping head of which the pad portion
is hinged instead of being pivoted. Figure 7 shews a similar view of the
side head."
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The same letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures.
I will first describe the invention as applied to the "leaping head."
The invention consists in making the pad a of the "head" work upon a pivot or
hinge joint 6 situated at such a distance from the point or upper end of the pad that
the pressure of the rider's leg against the pad in riding will be below such pivot or
hinge, and so will tend to keep the pad in its proper position. Under normal circum-
stances the pad will therefore remain perfectly rigid and the "heads" will therefore
afford the desired support or resistance to the gripping action of the rider's legs
notwithstanding the hinging of the pad. In the event, however, of the rider falling
sideways and of the skirt catching upon the point a¹ of the pad, the latter will be
thereby turned upon its pivot as indicated by the arrows in Figure 1, and as shewn in
Figures 3, 5, & 6, so as to at once set the skirt free.
The portion of the pad a' below the hinge in describing an arc of a circle sweeps the
folds of the skirt from beneath the "head" and thus prevents all liability of the skirt
catching.
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In Figures 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, and 5, the pad is pivoted between the limbs of a metal
fork c which is screwed into the saddle tree in the usual way of fixing the "leaping
head." When in its normal position the back of the lower end of the pad bears against
the lower part of the fork as shewn in Figures 1 and 2, and it is retained in this
position by a stud d falling into a cavity e, the stud projecting from the end of the
socket b¹ forming part of the frame of the pad and into which the joint-pin b is screwed
and the cavity e being in the inner face of the fork (or vice-versa) so that on turning

page_text: the pad on its pivot the stud is forced out of the cavity and so springs the fork slightly
open as shown in Figure 1.
In Figure 6 the pad a is hinged to the upper end of a metal arm c screwed to the
saddle tree.
The invention is applied to the " near side head" by hinging the pad in a similar
way to the "leaping head" last described.
It is shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7, the pad being in this case provided with a
broad extension g which projects horizontally from the lower end of the pad in position
for the rider's leg to rest upon it, whereby the pad is kept in its proper position.
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 :-
A "head" for a side saddle of which the pad portion is hinged or pivoted in such
manner as to yield and turn over under the circumstances mentioned, substantially as
specified.
J. B. HÖHNE.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.