An Improvement in Harness Collars, Saddles, and Pads.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2 st Aug., 1890-Accepted, 27th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Harness Collars, Saddles, and Pads.
I, GEORGE LLOYD BERRY, of 16 Regency Street, Westminster, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to a construction of the collars, saddles or pads used in harness,
in such a manner that they shall bear with an evenly distributed pressure on the body
of the animal and at the same time allow circulation of air to keep the skin of the
animal cool.
For this purpose, instead of padding these parts of barness in the usual way, I
pad them with slabs of cork which are corrugated on the face presented towards the
animal, and I cover this corrugated face with leather or suitable fabric preferably
with a layer of caoutchouc or other elastic material interposed between the covering
and the cork backing.
The cork being flexible and elastic gives to the form of the animal so as to distribute
the pressure evenly, and the furrows of the corrugations allow free passages for air
between the padding and the skin of the animal.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1889.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Harness Collars, Saddles, and Pads.
I, GEORGE LLOYD BERRY, of 16 Regency Street, Westminster, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, 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 a construction of the collars, used in harness, in
such a manner that they shall bear with an evenly distributed pressure on the body
of the animal and at the same time allow circulation of air to keep the skin of the
animal cool.
For this purpose, instead of padding these parts of harness in the usual way, I pad
them with slabs of cork which are corrugated on the face presented towards the
animal, and I cover this corrugated face with leather or suitable fabric preferably
with a layer of caoutchouc or other elastic material interposed between the covering
and the cork backing.
The cork being flexible and elastic, gives to the form of the animal so as to
distribute the pressure evenly, and the furrows of the corrugations, allow free passages
for air between the padding and the skin of the animal.
The accompanying drawing shews a perspective view collar constructed according
to my above described invention.
The padding of the collar is formed with corrugations a, a, a, so that while the
projecting portions thereof are brought very uniformly in contact with the body of
the animal, spaces are left at b b, through which the air can circulate freely so as to
effectually keep the skin of the animal cool.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
Constructing harness collars with a corrugated padding substantially as and for the
purposes described.