An Improved Appliance or Pad for giving Relief from Pressure to certain parts of Horses and other Animals
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance or Pad for giving Relief from Pressure to
certain parts of Horses and other Animals
ARTHUR WILLIAM SINCLAIR, of 13, Commercial Road, South Shields, Durham.
Calling Horsekeeper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I form in the manner hereinafter described, protecting pads in the form of collars
or bands of suitable shape which can be applied to horses and other animals and
over which the collar, saddle, or harness can be placed. These protecting pads are
for use in such cases where it is desirable to relieve or protect any spot, part, or
place on the animal from pressure, friction, or irritation from harness, saddle, or
covering or other cause. To accomplish this the pad is made up of a number of
sections, any one or more of which can be detached. Such as would be in contact
with the part requiring relief are therefore detached whereby the object of this
invention is fulfilled.
I form the protecting pads as follows:-
I make a number of small pads of say linen stuffed with horsehair or of other suit-
able materials and of such length, breadth and thickness as is considered suitable to
the size of the protecting pad of which they will form a part. I then take a number of
these pads and fasten them together, so as to form the protector, by use of straps
and buckles or other means by which they can be so fastened that any of them may
be easily detached whenever necessary for carrying out the object of this invention.
On the sheet of drawings accompanying this Specification there is shewn a method
of connecting the pads of which the protèctor pad is composed, by attaching a piece
of leather to the back of each small pad in such a way as will allow of slits being
cut in the leather to form loops through which straps are passed which being
fastened by means of buckles secure the whole of the pads in their relative positions
and yet allow any of them to be easily detached. On the sheet of drawings attached
Figs. 1 and 2 shew a collar pad and Figs. 3 and 4 a back pad made up in this
manner. The sizes given have been found to be suitable but they can be varied to
suit the circumstances and requirements.
This improvement is used as follows:-If a sore or tender spot exists say on the
shoulder of a horse, a collar protector made after the manner of this improvement
is put on and the section or small pad which covers the spot is detached from the
protector leaving a free space above the sore. The ordinary collar may then be put
on above the protector. If desirable the windpipe can be relieved from pressure
by removing one or two of the lower sections of the collar protector. A protector
can be adjusted to suit the difference in size of animals by detaching one or more
of the pads.
Dated thin Thirtieth day of Anmil 1897

page_text: An Improved Appliance or Pad for Giving Relief from Pressure to
certain parts of Horses and other Animals.
I, ARTHUR WILLIAM SINCLAIR, of 13, Commercial Road, South Shields, in the
County of Durham, Horsekeeper, 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:-
My invention relates to pads for harness and the like and has for its object to
provide an appliance or pad by the use of, which any spot, part or place on a horse
or other animal may be released from pressure, friction or irritation.
To this end and according to my invention I provide pads in the form of collars
or bands of suitable shape for use in conjunction with the collar saddle or other
part of the animal's harness each such pad being formed in a number of sections or
smaller pads of say linen or part linen and part leather stuffed with horsehair or
other suitable material, each section or separate pad being of such dimensions and
form as are suitable to the size and form of the pads, collars or bands of which they
form a part. These separate pads are fastened or secured together or to a supporting
part so as to form the protecting pad, by means of straps and buckles or other
suitable means by which they may be easily detached when required.
In further describing my invention I will refer to the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which Figures 1 and 2 are respectively side and front elevations of a
collar pad and Figures 3 and 4 respectively plan and front elevation of a back pad
made in accordance with my invention.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2 the collar pad A is made up of a number of smaller.
pads a, a, a, each in this case varying in size and form to suit the shape and con-
figuration of the collar, as shown or otherwise convenient, each section or separate
part a has one or more straps such as s, s, (one only being shown in Figure 2) fixed
thereto at one or more points as at p, p, the said straps are each of sufficient length
that should one or even two sections be removed the straps from the sections on
either side of the space shall be of sufficient length to meet and be joined together
so as to keep the form of the collar.
In Figures 3 and 4 the back pad B is shown formed of or made up of separate
sections or pads b, b, b, each of which may be formed as before described and they,
may have a covering of leather or other suitable material such as 1, 1, see Figure 4
in or on which cover slits such as l¹are cut or loops mounted in such manner that
straps ss, attached to a central supporting part M by stitching or otherwise as
at m, may be passed through the said loops or slits to secure the sections
in position, straps s or the like may also be arranged to pass through similar
loops or slits in a direction at right angles to those above described and the
straps themselves may be interlaced as at i or connected by loops as at K as before
described. The outside sections may be provided with buckles or the like as at g
for securing the strap ends.
The number and size of sections may be varied to suit requirement and either of
the forms of connecting straps shown in the Figures may be used, or hooks and
eyes may be employed for the purpose, or the pads may be connected by straps or
bands passing along the edges of the pads and conforming to the shape of the collar
or other part to which the pad is fitted.
It will be seen that by the use of the above described invention a horse which
could not be worked in harness as at present made, could be worked without 4
cruelty. or injury, for instance, should any sore or tender spot exist say on the
shoulder of a horse the section of the collar pad which comes against the affected

page_text: spot may be readily detached and removed, for instance, the pad shown dotted at R
Figure 1, thus leaving a free space above and around the sore.
I have also shown a section removed from the back pad B at R¹ Figure 3.
The ordinary collar or other part of the harness may be put on above the protect-
ing pad or the protector may be arranged in lieu of the ordinary padding for such
parts of the harness. The protector or pads may be adjusted to suit animals of
different size by detaching one or more of the pads or sections and connecting up
the straps or other fastenings so as to bring the pad or collar to the required size.
For relieving the wind-pipe if desirable one or two of the lower sections of a
collar pad may be removed, for instance, those marked w w Figures 1 and 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim
is:-
1. For use with harness and the like the improved protecting appliance or pad
formed of a number of detachable smaller pads or sections substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
2. For use with harness and the like the improved appliance or pad formed of
a number of smaller pads or sections so connected together by straps or straps and
loops that one or more of the said pads or sections may be detached for the purposes
specified substantially in the manner set forth.
3. The improved protecting appliances or pads constructed, arranged and adapted
for use substantially in the manner set forth and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
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