Improvements in Attaching Reins to Vehicles to Prevent. Horses Bolting.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
Improvements in Attaching Reins to Vehicles to Prevent.
Horses Bolting.
JOHN BOYCE Commission Agent 133 Royal Avenue Belfast do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The total prevention of horse or horses running off with traps when left standing.
on road street or elsewhere without any one in charge. The reins to be attached.
to nave of any wheel by a ring under nave through which reins pass backwards
and round to top of nave and fasten on to a hook like a T. The ring and hook
can be screwed into nave. The reins must be sweet not tight or slack so that when
the horse moves forward, he is held as if by a man in trap and cannot get away.
Owing to so many different naves I would first start with a strap to suit any nave
on either side of trap having the ring and hook attached to strap. I would
fasten the strap as follows; Pass it round one spoke close to nave, cross the strap.
and pass it round nave and fasten it with a buckle; the ring and hook to be in
their proper places. The strap may be lined with indiarubber. On new wheels
being made the former plan would be the best. Ring and hook to be made of any
metal-iron, steel, brass, silver &c.
Dated this Fourth day of July 1896
Improvements in Attaching Reins to Vehicles to Prevent
Horses Bolting.
I, JOHN BOYCE of 133 Royal Avenue, Belfast, Commission Agent, 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 provide means for attaching the driving
reins of vehicles, so that, when left without anyone in charge, on a highway, street,.
or other place, the horse or horses is or are prevented from bolting or running
away.
In carrying out my invention I screw or otherwise attach to the nave of one or
both wheels of the vehicle a ring and hook.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 shows one method of carrying out the invention.
Fig. 2 shows a second method.
Fig. 3 shows a third method.
To attach the rains 20cording to the method shown at Fio 1 their free end a is

page_text: first brought under the nave 6 of the wheel then pushed through the ring c and
led backwards over the top of the nave and finally secured by the hook d, which,
as shown, may be of T shape.
In the event of the horse or horses moving forward the reins are gradually
tightened and prevent the horse's or horses' progress.
I prefer, as shown, to fix the ring and the book on opposite sides of the nave.
In the modification shown at Fig. 2 I use a removable strap e on which the
ring c and hook d are fastened and which can be attached to the nave by a buckle f
or other convenient attachment. The strap may be passed round one of the spokes
once or twice so as to make it secure and prevent it slipping.
In the third modification shown at Figs. 3 and 4 the end of the reins is caught
by a swivel hook fastener g secured to the nave. Any other well known form of
fastener may be used.
If desired the reins may be attached to the spokes (or spoke) of one of the
wheels.
The ring, hook, or strap, may be made of any well known and suitable
material.
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
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
In order to prevent a horse (or horses) running away, when attached to a
vehicle, securing the reins to the nave or spokes of the wheel by means of a ring
and hook device or an equivalent arrangement, substantially as hereinbefore set
forth:
Dated this 26th day of October 1896.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.