Improvements in Harness Attachments, particularly applicable to Neck Yokes.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Harness Attachments, particularly applicable to
Neck Yokes.
I, LEWIS WASHINGTON ROTHROCK, of Morrisdale Mines in the County of
Clearfield, and State of Pennsylvania United States of America, Gentleman, 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:—
The object of the invention is to provide a simple and improved harness attach-
ment mainly designed for securing the breast-straps to the neck-yoke, but capable
of other uses in harness.
The invention consists in the novel construction hereinafter particularly described
and claimed.
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.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a neck-yoke provided with my
improved attachment.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the attachment removed, parts being in section, and
Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 Fig. 2.
The improved attachment consists of a ring A having parallel integral arms a, a,
projecting therefrom at one side, which support a roller B, the latter being thus
spaced from the said ring. The roller is removably secured to the arms a, by a
bolt b, and on the latter within the roller B is a loose sleeve B₁ of a length slightly
greater than that of roller B whereby in tightening up the bolt the arms a will
contact with the ends of said sleeve and thereby arrest the inward movement of
said arms and prevent them from binding against the ends of roller B.
The device is attached to the neck-yoke D at each end by a staple or keeper d'
on the end ferrule D' of the yoke.
The breast-straps (not shown) are passed around the roller B between the same
and the periphery of the ring A, and then snapped to the harness in the usual
manner.
The device is very light and strong, saves the breast-straps from wear, and
its connection with the neck-yoke permits the horses to readily spread apart when
necessary, without liability of the device becoming caught. Further, it permits a
shorter hitch than the ordinary roller snap and is much stronger than the latter.
In adjusting the breast-straps the device presents no objections or impediments
which is a great convenience.
The device is also applicable to harness and may be readily strapped thereto for
permitting the inside lines to pass through the same. When thus used, it affords a
more desirable guide for the reins than the ordinary rings, as it effectively prevents
them from twisting and prevents the buckle on the lines from slipping through the
device when horses are left standing.
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 :-
As an improved article of manufacture, a harness attachment consisting of the
continuous ring A provided with the tangential parallel arms a, a, projecting in
the same direction from opposite sides of the ring, and the roller B removably
mounted between the extreme outer ends of the said arms, whereby the portion of

page_text: the ring between the arms serves to strengthen the device and to prevent a strap
passed between the roller and said partition from contacting with the neck-yoke or
other connected part, as set forth.
Dated this 14th day of November 1892.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.