IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERINGS FOR DRAFT HORSES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Webb, of 5, Saint Helen's Terrace, in the
County of Dublin, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN COVERINGS FOR DRAFT HORSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Webb at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th July 1872.
I, GEORGE. WEBB, of б, Saint Helen's Terrace, in the County of
Dublin, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERINGS FOR DRAFT HORSES," to be as follows;+
This Invention relates to an improved covering for draught horses to.
protect them from rain and also from the sun, and consists of a shade
composed of canvass, oifed cloth, or other suitable material suspended on
hoops or ribs of wood, galvanized iron, or other suitable material so

page_text: constructed as to retain the shade a few inches above the horse's back
so as to leave a passage for a free current of air between the animal and
the shade or covering.
The hoops or ribs may be arranged so as to be retained in position by
the shafts of the vehicle, or may be connected with an independent rod
or rods carried by the animal itself..
The shade or covering may be so arranged as to cover any desired
portion of the horse and may be provided with openings to permit the
driving reins to pass loosely through any desired portion of it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Webb. in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 4th January 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
WEBB, of 5, St. Helen's Terrace, in the County of Dublin, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said George Webb, Her special license that
I, the said George Webb, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others: as I, the said George Webb, my executors, adminis-
trators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for “IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERINGS
FOR DRAFT HORSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said George Webb, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascer
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent

page_text: Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Webb, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, that is to say:-
My said Invention relates to an improved covering for draught horses
to protect them from rain and also from the sun, and consists of a shade
composed of canvass, oiled cloth, or other suitable material suspended on
hoops or ribs of wood, galvanized iron, or other suitable material so
constructed as to retain the shade a few inches above the horse's back
in order to leave a passage for a free current of air between the animal
and the shade or covering.
The hoops or ribs may be arranged so as to be retained in position
by the shafts of the vehicle, or may be connected with an independent
balance rod or rods carried by the animal itself, such rod being curved
or semicircular behind and connected by a moveable bar in front. This
framework may be suspended over the horse's back on straps and
secured by girths passing under him. Or the hoops may be secured to
the shafts of the cart, or car, or carriage pole by having their ends let
into loops permanently fastened to the shafts or carriage pole, or the
hoops to be constructed with a separate piece at their ends made in the
shape of a loop, and into which the end of the hoop may fit and be
secured with a moveable fastening constructed to permit the loop to be
secured to a metal traveller or rod fastened at the ends to the shafts or
pole so that the whole framework may be drawn backwards, and the
suspending shoops allowed to turn over and drop behind the animal
until required to be drawn forward again for his protection.
The shade or covering may be so arranged as to cover any desired
portion of the horse, and may have an elevated hood to cover his neck
and head, openings being provided to permit the driving reins to pass
loosely through any desired portion of it, which openings should be
covered by flaps.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used
or carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I con-

page_text: sider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,
the construction and use of shades or coverings for. draught horses
arranged so as not to be in actual contact with the parts so covered,
substantially in the manner herein-before described.
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In witness whereof, I, the said George Webb, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal, the Thirtieth day of Decem-
ber, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.