An Improved Check Rein and Hook.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th June, 1892-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Check Rein and Hook.
I, OLIVER KENNEDY of 527 Bay Street, Brunswick, in the County of Glynn,
and State of Georgia, United States of America, Blacksmith, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:
The object of my invention is to provide a check device which will enable the
driver to apply the check rein or release the same without leaving his seat and with
the greatest ease.
The device is attached to the saddle by a base plate which is fixed to the tree
and which terminates at its front end in upwardly-extending parallel side arms
carrying friction rollers arranged one above another and serving as guides for the
rein which operates the device.
On the rear end of the plate and in alignment with the arm there is a keeper
in which is pivoted a curved rearwardly-extending pawl, said pawl being pivoted in
the upper portion of the keeper and its lower portion which is open being provided
with a roller which projects beneath the pawl and enables the latter to ride easily
on the operating rein.
The lower edge of the pawl is adapted to engage a catch or shoulder which is
riveted to the operating rein which rein extends backward through a keeper on
the back strap of the harness and into the carriage to which the horse is secured.
The operating rein extends forward through the keeper and beneath the pawl
and between the guide rollers, the front end of the rein terminating in a link by
means of which it connects with the check rein which is mounted on the bridle and
connected with the bits in the usual manner.
The operation of the device is as follows:-We will suppose that the horse is
checked in which case the lower edge of the pawl engages the catch on the operating
rein. If the horse is to be unchecked, the rein is pulled backward, thus raising
the pawl and the rein is then slowly loosened but kept partially taut so that the
pawl will ride lightly on the rein, the roller of the pawl bearing upon the
rein, and in this way the catch may pass beneath the pawl, thus giving the horse
the free use of his head.
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If the horse is unchecked and the driver desires to check him, the rein is pulled
back until the catch passes the lower edge of the pawl and then by quickly loosening
the rein so as to prevent any strain from coming on the pawl, the pawl will drop
to place and by engaging the catch will hold the horse checked.
L
1000
O. KENNEDY,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Check Rein and Hook.
I, OLIVER KENNEDY of 527, Bay Street, Brunswick, in the County of Glynn,
and State of Georgia, United States of America, Blacksmith, 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:-
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My invention relates to improvements in harness attachments, and the object of
my invention is to produce a simple device which may be applied to any harness
and used in connection with any ordinary check rein and which will enable the

page_text: driver of a horse to check or to uncheck the horse without leaving the carriage and
with the greatest possible ease.
To this end my invention consists in certain features of construction and com-
binations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the views.
Figure 1 shews the invention as applied to a horse.
Figure 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the apparatus, and Figure 3 is a
broken plan view of the same.
The device is used as a substitute for the ordinary check rein hook and the part
which is attached to the saddle is provided with a base plate 10 which is fixed to
the tree of the saddle 11 and which terminates at its front end in upwardly-extending
parallel side arms 12 in which are pivoted rollers 13 the rollers. being placed one
above another and serving as guides for the operating rein as hereinafter described.
On the rear end of the plate 10 and in alignment with the arm 12 is a keeper 14 in
which is pivoted a curved rearwardly-extending pawl 15 the pawl being pivoted in
the upper portion of the keeper, as shewn at 16 in Figure 2, and having its top and
upper front portion closed, as shewn at 17, which closure has no particular function
but renders the device more attractive in appearance. In the lower portion of the
pawl, which is an open one, is pivoted a roller 15* which projects beneath the pawl
and enables the latter to ride easily on the operating rein without injury to the
latter. The lower edge 18 of the pawl is adapted to engage a catch or shoulder
plate 19 which is firmly rivetted to the operating rein 20 which rein extends back-
ward through a keeper 21 on the back strap of the harness and into the carriage
to which the horse is secured.
The operating rein 20 extends forward through the keeper 14 and beneath the
pawl 15 and between the guide rollers 13. the front end of the rein terminating in
a link 22 by means of which it connects with the check rein 23 which check rein is
mounted on, the bridle and connected with the bits in the usual manner and
it will be understood that the operating rein may be connected with any
check rein.
It will be seen that this device may be used on any harness and the mechanism
is intended as a substitute for the ordinary check hook.
The operation of the device is as follows: We will suppose that the horse is
checked and the apparatus is in the position shewn in Figure 2 with the lower edge
of the pawl 15 engaging the catch 19 on the operating rein 20. If the horse is to
be unchecked so as to permit him to drink or to graze or for any other reason, the
rein 20 is. pulled backward thus raising the pawl 15 and the rein is then slowly
loosened but kept partially taut so that the pawl will ride lightly on the rein 20 the
roller 15 bearing upon the rein and in this way the catch 19 may pass beneath
the pawl, thus giving the horse the free 'use of his head. If the horse is unchecked
and the driver desires to check him, the rein 20 is pulled back until the catch 19
passes the lower edge of the pawl 15 and then by quickly loosening the rein so as
to prevent any strain from coming on the pawl the pawl will drop to place and
by engaging the catch 19 will hold the horse checked.
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) In a check rein hook, a base provided at its forward end. with a stationary
strap guide an upward projecting stationary keeper on the base in rear of the strap
guide and an upwardly and rearwardly swinging pawl pivoted at its upper end to
the keeper and extending at its lower end into. a plane lower than that occupied
by the strap.guide, substantially as described..
2). In a check rein.hook, a base, provided at its forward end with an upward
projecting stationary strap guide, a stationary keeper extending upward from the

page_text: base in rear of the guide and provided with an upwardly and rearwardly swinging
pawl having an anti-friction roller projecting below its lower end and in a plane
lower than that of the said guide to engage a strap, substantially as set forth.
3) A check rein and hook, consisting in a base provided at its forward end with
an upwardly extending stationary strap guide, a stationary keeper projecting
upwardly from the base in rear of the strap guide, a pawl pivoted at its upper end
in the keeper to swing upwardly and rearwardly at its lower end, said lower end
being in a lower plane than the strap guide, and a check rein strap extending
through the guide downwardly and rearwardly through the keeper under the said
pawl, and provided on its upper side with a catch or projection engaging the rear
face of the lower end of the pawl, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 20th dow of Tune 1900
O. KENNEDY,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.