Improvements in Girths for Horses' Saddles and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 28th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Girths for Horses' Saddles and the like.
We, ALEXANDER POTTIE, of 63 Love Street, Veterinary Surgeon, and JOHN
MCCREERY, of 2 County Place, Saddler, both in Paisley, Renfrewshire, do hereby
declare the nature of our invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention has reference to and comprises improvements in the construction
of girths for the saddles of horses and other animals, but which are also applicable
to like articles, such as the "rollers" used in the stable for securing horses
coverings, also bandages for animals, and which improvements by providing
elasticity in the girth "roller" or bandage cause same to be more secure, while
more comfortable to the animal, and a riders seat in the saddle is rendered more
easy.
As applied to the girth of a riding saddle these improvements consist under one
arrangement, in sewing, or otherwise securing to the girth of ordinary web material
a cross piece of leather or other suitable material formed with a loop at each side
in which are inserted links, preferably square shaped and divided at the part
within the leather loop. Similar loops carrying links are formed on the usual end
binding leather which carries the buckles for attaching to the saddle straps, and
solid india rubber straps or springs preferably formed with eyes at each end are
attached to the links which are passed through the eyes before being connected to
their loops. A narrow cross strap is preferably also secured to the girth by its
ends and centre over the rubber straps to keep them in position. The cross piece
carrying the inner ends of the india rubber.straps is secured to the girth at such a
distance from its end as to produce such amount of slack as to allow of these
springs being considerably stretched befor the slack of the girth becomes stretched
tight. These elastic straps may be placed at one or both ends of the girth, or
horses "roller" or bandage.
Instead of using solid rubber elastic straps a combination of india rubber and
web fabric may be used, and instead of using two elastic straps a broader one may
be used. Flat coiled springs of steel or other wire might also be employed instead
of rubber or the like. Though it is preferred to construct the girths as described,
the elastic straps or springs may be used to connect the ends of the girth to the.
buckles without having any slack part.
Dated 21st December 1895.
Improvements in Girths for Horses' Saddles and the like.
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We, ALEXANDER POTTIE, of 63 Love Street, Veterinary Surgeon, and JOHN
MCCREERY, of 2 County Place, Saddler, both in Paisley, Renfrewshire, do hereby
declare the nature of our invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, that is to say :-
This invention has reference to and comprises improvements in the construction

page_text: of girths for the saddles of horses and other animals, but which are also applicable
to like articles, such as the "rollers" used in the stable for securing horses
coverings, also bandages for animals, and which improvements by providing
elasticity in the girth, "roller" or bandage, cause same to be more secure, while
more comfortable to the animal, and a riders seat in the saddle is rendered more
easy.
And in order that our said invention may be properly understood we have
hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 is a front
view of one end of a girth as fitted with our improvements and Figure 2 is a
corresponding side view.
As applied to the girth A of a riding saddle these improvements consist under
one arrangement, in sewing or otherwise securing to the girth of ordinary web
material a cross piece B of leather or other suitable material formed with a loop B¹
at each side in which are inserted links C, preferably square shaped and divided at
the part within the leather loop. Similar loops D' carrying links C are formed on
the usual end binding leather D which carries the buckles G for attaching to the
saddle straps, and solid india rubber straps or springs E preferably formed with
eyes E¹ at each end are attached to the links C which are passed through the eyes E¹
before being connected to their loops B' D'. A narrow cross strap F is preferably
also secured to the girth A by its ends and centre over the rubber straps to keep
them in position. The cross piece B carrying the inner ends of the india rubber
straps E is secured to the girth at such a distance from its end as to produce such
amount of slack as to allow of these springs being considerably stretched before
the slack of the girth A becomes stretched tight. These elastic straps E may be
placed at one or both ends of the girth, or horses "roller or bandage.
"
Instead of using solid rubber elastic straps a combination of india rubber and
web fabric may be used, and instead of using two elastic straps a broader one may
be used. Flat coiled springs of steel or other wire might also be employed instead
of rubber or the like. Though it is preferred to construct the girths as described,
the elastic straps or springs may be used to connect the ends of the girth to the
buckles G without having any slack part.
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
we claim is :-
First. The constructing of girths of saddles, "rollers" and bandages for horses
and other animals having elastic devices all substantially as and for the purposes
herein described.
Second. The constructing of girths of saddles, "rollers" and bandages for
horses and other animals having double or single elastic straps or springs secured
to same, all substantially as and for the purposes herein described.
Third. The constructing of girths of saddles, "rollers" and bandages for horses
and other animals having double elastic straps secured to same all substantially as
herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dand the 26th Santambor 1906
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.