IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SADDLES AND SADDLE GIRTHS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Staines Wilton, of Bishop's Stortford, in
the County of Herts, Saddler, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Staines Wilton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th December 1874.
I, HENRY STAINES WILTON, of Bishop's Stortford, in the County of
Horts, Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SADDLES AND SADDLE GIRTHS," to be
as follows:-
The chief object of this Invention is to provide against the injury to
which riders are liable when thrown forward on to the pommel of the
saddlc. To this end I cut away the rising portion of the scat near the
pommel, leaving an opening at that part through the saddle. The scat

page_text: I support by straps, which are affixed by rivets or otherwise to the
cantle and to the under side of the scat and are led forward and tightened
over the pommel. The pancls I line at the upper part with india-rubber
sponge covered with linen, and the lower part I cover with leather to
prevent friction on the horse's sides. The girth, which may be composed
of two or more leather straps, I prevent from rucking up and chafing
the horse by leading the straps through cross pieces stiffened by steel or
its equivalent which will keep them effectually apart under the horse's
belly.
The saddle is equally applicable to the use of soldiers and civilians,
and to provide a comfortable seat for riders suffering from piles or
rupture I may make an opening in the centre of the seat in line with
the opening before mentioned.
When applying my Invention to a hunting saddle I cut away the seat
to the pommel and I insert an clastic cushion in the upper part of the
opening thus made and attach the same to the pommel to protect the
rider from injury if thrown forward. This protection will not in general
be required for soldiers, their cloak which is carried at the front of the
saddle being a sufficient protection.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Lotters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Staines Wilton in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 24th June 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
STAINES WILTON, of Bishop's Stortford, in the County of Herts,
Saddler, send groeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Henry Staines Wilton, Her
special licence that I, the said Henry Staines Wilton, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Staines

page_text: Wilton, my executors, administrators, and 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 THE CONSTRUCTION OF SADDLES AND SADDLE
GIRTHS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry
Staines Wilton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, should
particularly describe and ascertain 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 Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters

page_text: When applying my Invention to a hunting saddle I cut away the scat
to the pommel and I insert an elastic cushion in the upper part of the
opening thus made and attach the same to the pommel to protect the
rider from injury if thrown forward. This protection will not in general
be required for soldiers, their cloak which is carried at the front of the t
saddle being a sufficient protection.

page_text: as the same may be varied without departing from the substantial
character of my said Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Staines Wilton, havo here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of Junc, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
fivo
HENRY STAINES WILTON. (L.S.)
Witness,
'T. MORGAN,
Secretary,
Inventors' Patent Right Association, Limited,
21, Cockspur Street,
London, S.W.