Year: 1888

page_text: We, CHRISTIAN HEINRICH LEHMANN and JAMES HENRY SOUTHCOTT both of Adelaide
in the Province of South Australia Saddlers, 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 our Invention is to provide a means by which horses can be more
expeditiously harnessed than at present particularly as regards the Collar and hames.
We accomplish this by combining the collar and hames together so that the latter
forms a front rim round which the leather covering of the collar is secured. And
more especially by constructing such combined collar and hames in two parts hinged
together at the top or bottom and secured by a snap. For this latter purpose one
extremity of the hames is constructed with a solid projecting piece having a hole
drilled a suitable distance back from its point whilst the other extremity being hollow
forms a socket into which the projection fits. The socket is provided with a spring
catch the point of which enters the hole in the projection on the latter being pressed
home in the socket and holds the joint closed until the catch is released. We are
aware that both the hames and the collar have separately been made to fasten with a
snap but we believe that the two have not previously been combined in one piece of
harness or jointed as before described.
In order that our Invention may be the better understood we will now proceed to
describe the same by reference to the accompanying Drawings in which
Fig. I, is a front elevation of the collar and lames complete.
Fig. II, a sectional elevation of the lower portion of the hames shewing the
spring catch.
Fig. III, a sectional elevation of an alternative spring catch.
A, A', are two parts of hames. B, collar also in two parts and formned upon the
parts A, A. C, upper joint or hinge of hames. D, lower joint of hames. E, solid
projecting piece welded inside the part A. F, socket formed inside A', and provided
with an opening through which the head of spring catch passes. G, spring catch
attached to A¹, by suitable bolt and screw. H, hole in solid piece into which the head

page_text: of G, falls on being pressed home. A suitable ring is attached to the head of the
spring G, whereby it is withdrawn from the hole H, when it is desired to remove the
collar from the horse's neck.
Fig. III, shews an alternative spring catch which consists of the hollow circular
casing I, the base of which is rivetted to the socket F, and the bolt K, actuated by a
circular spring L, which takes its bearings against a shoulder of K, and the top of
the casing 1. The action of the spring catches is similar in both cases the head of
the bolt G, or K, falling into the opening H.
We wish it to be distinctly understood that we do not confine ourselves to any
particular snap or spring catch but shew two which answer the purpose we have
in view.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
wo claim is :-
First. The combination of a horse collar and hames in one piece of harness
substantially as herein described.
Second. The construction of combined collar and hames in two parts jointed or
hinged together at one extremity and secured by a spring catch or its equivalent at
the other extremities substantially as herein described.
1000
Dated this 28th day of July 1808.
C. H. LEHMANN.
J. H. SOUTHCOTT.
J. C. Mewburn,
169, Fleet Street, London,
Agent.