An Improved Attachment for Connecting Breeching Straps to Vehicle Shafts.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 17th Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Attachment for Connecting Breeching Straps to
Vehicle Shafts.
I, FREDERICK THOMAS BURGESS, of Bury House, Wick, in the County of
Gloucester, Colour Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to connections of breeching straps to the shafts of vehicles,
and consists in an improved attachment for such connection.
The improved attachment which constitutes this invention consists of a link
for the breeching strap to be buckled to, and a bar for holding the link in place.
The attachment is applied to each shaft on the inner side thereof.
The bar is grooved at the back, and one member of the link is received in the
groove. The bar is secured to the shaft by means of screws, pins or bolts and,
when the bar is secured, the link is free to turn to a limited degree backwards and
forwards. The member of the link which is received in the groove in the holding
bar is checked out or recessed, and the shoulders thus formed extend over the bar
at the top and bottom thereof. Vertical play of the link is thus prevented.
The breeching strap is buckled to the link on one shaft and, after being carried
round behind the horse's hind quarters, is buckled to the link on the other shaft.
The breeching strap presents a broad face to the horse, that is to say, its narrow
sides or edges are at top and bottom.
The attachment is easily made and, where necessary, the shaft face is grooved
behind the groove in the holding bar.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Attachment for Connecting Breeching Straps to
Vehicle Shafts.
I, FREDERICK THOMAS BURGESS, of Bury House, Wick, in the County of
Gloucester, Colour Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention consists in an improved device for attaching breeching straps of
harness to the shafts of vehicles.
According to this invention the breeching strap is at each end looped and buckled
around a link which is held by a bar screwed or otherwise fixed to the inner face of
the vehicle shaft. The link is free to turn to a limited extent backwards and
forwards in a recess provided for it in the bar. That part of the link which is

page_text: received in the rccess of the bar is of smaller diameter than the rest of the link.
The shoulders thus formed extend, beyond the recess, partially over the top and
bottom faces of the bar. Vertical play of the link is thus prevented. The
breeching strap is, after connection at one end to one of the shafts, extended round
the horse's hind quarters and is similarly connected at the opposite end to the other
shaft. The breeching strap is by this arrangement maintained on edge, that is to
say, with its broad face, as distinguished from its edges, turned towards the hind
quarters of the horse.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings,
Fig. 1 represents, in plan, a breeching strap a attached to a vehicle shaft b in
accordance with this invention.
Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, are respectively a plan, a face view, rear viewv, and end
view of the bar c, of brass or other suitable metal, by which the link d is kept in
place.
Fig. 6 shows the link d as detached.
At or about midway in the bar c is a recess -Figs. 2 and 4-into which the
limb d Fig. 6-of the link d is received. The limb d' of the link d is of
smaller diameter than the rest of the link, and the shoulders d-Fig. 6-thus
formed extend beyond the recess over part of the upper and lower faces of the
bar c. The bar c is secured to the shaft b by screws c, or by equivalent means.
The link d is free to turn in the recess to a limited extent backwards or forwards,
but is prevented by the shoulders d from having vertical play. Thus the strap is
prevented from rising and falling. It will be understood that the breeching strap a
is, after having been extended round the horse's hind quarters, connected at the
other end to the other shaft-not shown in the drawings-in the same manner as
above described with reference to the end shown in the drawings.
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 :-
An improved device for connecting breeching straps to vehicle shafts, consisting
of the link or eye d with limb d of smaller diameter than the other parts thereof,
and the bar c, with recess c¹, designed to be screwed or otherwise secured to the
inner face of the vehicle shaft; the said limb d of the link or eye d being
received and retained in the said recess so that while the link or eye is free to
turn partially it is prevented from rising or falling in the said recess, substan-
tially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
Dated this 15th day of February 1807
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.