Improvements in the Working of Leather or other Suitable Materials in the Manufacture of Harness and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1898-Accepted, 12th Aug., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Working of Leather or other Suitable Materials
in the Manufacture of Harness and the like.
We, JAMES OWEN STONE, of 62, Rutter Street, Walsall, in the County of Stafford,
Bridle Cutter, and JOIN. WILLIAM DANCE, of 27, Tasker Street, Walsall, aforesaid,
Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the inlaying of leather, or any other suitable
material, one with another, which may be used in bridles, reins, breastplates,
fronts, saddles, harness or any other leather articles.
According to method of making one piece of leather or other material is taken
and two slits are cut down slantingly from the surface, at any distance from each
other, the outer edge of each slit pointing towards each other. Into these slits
thus made is inserted a piece of thin leather, patent" or otherwise, or any other
suitable material, the outsides of the slits of the first piece of leather, or other
material, are then pasted, sewn, or otherwise fastened down upon the portion of
the other piece of leather or other material inserted, thus giving an almost or
quite flat surface, although one piece of leather or other material is inserted or
inlaid into the other. The appearance of the pieces of leather thus inlaid being
solid or as if it were only one piece.
Or instead of the piece inlaid being flat it may be raised, & when inserted it
may form one, two, three or more beads or ridges running longitudinally or other-
wise.
One, two, or any number of pieces may be inlaid into the other piece.
Improvements in the Working of Leather or other Suitable Materials
in the Manufacture of Harness and the like.
We, JAMES OWEN STONE, of 62, Rutter Street, Walsall, in the County of Stafford,
Bridle Cutter, and JOHN WILLIAM DANCE, of 173, Inkerman Street, Vauxhall,
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Clerk, late of 27, Tasker Street, Walsall,
in the County of Stafford, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to the inlaying of leather or any other suitable

page_text: material one with another, which may be used in bridles, reins, breastplates fronts
saddles harness, labels or any other leather articles for ornamental purposes.
According to method of making one piece of leather is taken and two slits are
cut down slantingly or horizontally from the surface, (see A) at any distance
from each other, the outer edge of each slit pointing towards each other. Into
these slits thus made is inserted a piece of leather, (see B) patent or otherwise
or any other suitable material, the upper portions of the slits of the first piece
of leather are then pasted sewn or otherwise fastened down upon the portion of
the piece of leather or other material inserted, (see C) thus giving an almost or
quite flat surface although one piece of leather or other material is inserted or
inlaid into the other. The appearance of the pieces of leather thus inlaid being
solid or as if it were only one piece (see D). Or instead of the piece inlaid being
flat it may be raised and when inserted it may form one, two, three or more
beads or ridges running longitudinally or otherwise. (See E.)
One two or any number of pieces of leather or other material may be inlaid or
inserted into the piece of leather.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
That leather inlaid after this manner saves a great deal of material and labor,
its appearance is much more effective and the leather thus inlaid is firmer and
will wear much longer than if two pieces were merely sewn or otherwise fastened
together or bound round with another piece of leather as is the manner at the
present time.
We claim that this is an improved method of inlaying leather.
Dated this 6th day of May 1898.
JAMES OWEN STONE.
JOHN WILLIAM DANCE.