IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1839

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
JAMES PIDDING, of Osnaburgh Street, in the County of Middlesex, Artist,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-seventh day of September, in the third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Henry James Pidding, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said Henry James Pidding, my exors, adñiors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry James Pidding, my exors,
adñors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times during the term of years therein ex-
pressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLARS FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS," Communicated to
me by a certain foreigner residing abroad, in which said Letters. Patent is
contained a proviso that I, the said Henry James Pidding, shall cause a
particular description of the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court.
of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after. the
date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by. the same, refer-
ence being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear..
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Henry James Pidding, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described

page_text: and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being.
had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon (that is to say) :-
The Invention relates, first, to a mode of constructing collars by applying
a strong and stiff frame constituting part and parcel of the collar in place of
the moveable hames heretofore employed..
And, secondly, the Invention relates to a mode of eonstructing collars, by
applying a frame constituting part and parcel of the collar, in place of the
moveable hames heretofore employed, so constructing the frame as to allow of
it expanding and contracting to vary the size of the opening in which the
neck of the horse or other animal is received..
In carrying out the Invention when the collar is intended to be retained at
all times of the same size of opening for the neck of the animal, the iron or
other suitable frame is made in one piece to the figure of the opening in
the collar for the neck of the horse or other animal, and the collar is made
thereon, in like manner to what will hereafter be described in respect to
the constructing what may be called expanding collars according to this
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being.
had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon (that is to say):-
:-
The Invention relates, first, to a mode of constructing collars by applying
a strong and stiff frame constituting part and parcel of the collar in place of
the moveable hames heretofore employed..
And, secondly, the Invention relates to a mode of eonstructing collars, by
applying a frame constituting part and parcel of the collar, in place of the
moveable hames heretofore employed, so constructing the frame as to allow of
it expanding and contracting to vary the size of the opening in which the
neck of the horse or other animal is received..
In carrying out the Invention when the collar is intended to be retained at
all times of the same size of opening for the neck of the animal, the iron or
other suitable frame is made in one piece to the figure of the opening in
the collar for the neck of the horse or other animal, and the collar is made
thereon, in like manner to what will hereafter be described in respect to
the constructing what may be called expanding collars according to this
Invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a front view of a collar constructed according to the
second part of the Invention; Figure 2 shews an iron frame on which the
collar is made; Figure 3 shews an inside view of the lower part of one
portion of the said frame, and Figure 4 is a transverse section of the collar
taken at the dotted lines in Figure 1; in each of these Figures the same
letters indicate similar parts, and it will only be desirable in respect to the
first part of the Invention to remark, that in making the framé a, a, (in such
cases as where the collar is to remain at all times of the same dimensions), in
like manner with trace tugs, or draft eyes and rings, and the upper and lower
parts will be joined together without the capability of opening or closing, as
is the case in Figure 2, where 6 shews a hinge joint to the upper part of the
frame a, a, and each part of the frame a has an opening c formed through it,
as is shewn at Figure 3, to receive the rack d; and it will be seen that at one
side of the opening there is a notch cut at the back of the opening, by means
of which when the rack d is in a horizontal position and turned backwards,
the ends of the frame a can be slided towards or from each other, and thus
lessen or encrease the opening for the neck of a horse or other animal, and
when the rack d is turned downwards the collar will be retained to the size to
which it has been set, as will readily be understood on examining the

page_text: Drawing. is the pole ring which is applied in the oblong ring, on the
inner surface of which the rack d is formed; q is a projecting surface formed
on the rack d, which prevents the two parts of the frame a passing beyond
the middle of the rack d; Figure 5 shews another arrangement of means for
allowing of the lower part of frame a, a, being opened or closed, and adjusted
to the size desired; but in place of having the width of the metal at the ends
of the frame a, being only suitable for passing between the teeth of the rack
d, the metal ends are much thicker, and the opening of the lower parts of the
frame a allow of the passage of the rack d, freely through when not locked
or fastened by other instruments; and the means of locking or fastening the
lower parts a to the rack d is by means of two rings h, h, which enter
suitable recesses formed in the ends of the frame a, such rings being suitable
in width to pass between the teeth of the rack d, and when moved upwards
in the position shewn at h¹, will allow of the end of the frame a to pass
along the rack, but when the handle portion of the ring his turned down-
wards, the collar will be adjusted and secured to the size desired. I would
remark that I do not confine myself to the means of adjusting the parts a, a,
as the same may be varied, the Invention not depending on the precise means
of retaining the parts a, a, but in having the frame a, a, forming part of the
collar, and properly constructed to retain the lower parts of the frame a, a, at
any required distance apart.
The section Figure 4 shews the mode of making the collar, which, how-
ever, may be varied. The collar shewn is made by first covering the frame a
with carpet or cloth leather, and securing thereto a quantity of straw to the
proper figure of the body of the collar, then the covering or inner lining
of leather is sewn closely over the frame, and then over the body of straw
and other padding, then the outer covering of the frame is sewn on, and the
covering to the front of the body.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention, I would remark that
what I claim as the improvements secured by the present Letters Patent is,
first, the mode herein described of applying a frame a, a, and dispensing with
the ordinary hames.
And, secondly, I claim the mode of applying a frame a, a, to collars, and
dispensing with the ordinary bames when such frame a, a, is capable of open-
ing and closing, in order to vary the size of the collar, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry James Pidding, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty.
H J.
(L.S.) PIDDING.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-seventh day of March,
in the year of our Lord 1840, the aforesaid Henry James Pidding came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifica-
tion aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty.