AN IMPROVED HALTER FOR HORSES OR OTHER ANIMALS to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN WRIGHT the younger of 79 Corporation Street Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Estate Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention for " AN
IMPROVED HALTER FOR HORSES OR OTHER ANIMALS to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to the construction of a simple and efficient form of halter
which can be instantaneously applied to a horse or other animal and will afford
a secure hold and perfect control of the animal.
The improved halter consists of a piece of webbing rope, or strap, (preferably
the first) to one end of which is secured a metal ring or loop, and on the webbing
is placed an adjustable slide or stop.
The improved halter is used as follows; the end with the ring on it is thrown
over the neck of the animal behind the ears, and the ring being drawn back under
the neck, the webbing is doubled and the bend or bight passed through the ring.
This bend or bight is then carried under the chin of the animal and brought up
over the front of the nose.
The end of the web is then drawn tight and the halter is fixed, but to secure it
still further and to prevent the possibility of slipping the loop off the front of the
nose, the adjustable slide or stop is moved up close behind the ring which will
effectually secure the whole and prevent the halter from becoming slack.
Dand
1004
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: CORELLIE
I JOHN WRIGHT the younger of 79 Corporation Street Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Estate Agent, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN
IMPROVED HALTER FOR HORSES OR OTHER ANIMALS" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be. particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This invention relates to the construction of a simple and efficient form of halter
which can be instantaneously applied to a horso or other animal and will afford
a secure hold and perfect control of the animal.
Such being the nature and object of my invention I will now proceed to describe
in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried
into practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly understood I have
hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof and have marked the
same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the following
explanation thereof.
The improved halter consists of a piece of webbing, rope or strap (preferably
the first), as shown at a, a Fig. 1. on the drawings, to one end of which is secured
a metal ring or loop b, b and on the webbing is placed an adjustable slide or stop c, c.
This slide or stop may be made in a variety of ways but a convenient form thereof
is shown at Fig. 2. where it consists of a disc or plate c, c with a slot in it through
which the webbing a, a passes.
To this plate a sliding piece d, d is attached by a screw c passing through a slot.
A spiral spring f,f always has a tendency to cause the slide d, d to grip the
webbing but on compressing the slide in the hand the spring f, ƒ gives way and
the slide is released.
The improved halter is used as follows-
The end with the ring or loop b, b on it is thrown over the neck of the animal
behind the cars as shown at Fig. 3. and the ring being drawn back under the neck,
the webbing is now doubled and the "bend" or "bight" a¹ a¹ is passed through
the ring (or loop as shown at Fig. 4.)
This bend or bight a', a¹ is then carried under the chin of the animal and
brought up over the front of the nose as shown at Fig. 5.
The end of the web is then drawn tight and the halter is fixed, but to secure it
still further and to prevent the possibility of slipping the loop a', a¹ off the front
of the nose, the adjustable slide or stop c, c is moved up close behind the ring or
loop b, b which will effectually secure the whole and prevent the halter from
becoming slack.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be or may be performed I declare that
what I claim is. The improved halter formed of a single piece of webbing rope or
strap, with a ring or loop at one end, to be used in manner hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the drawings annexed either with or without the adjustable
slide or stop.
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