Improvements in Apparatus chiefly designed for Bathing the Legs of Animals.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 2nd Feb., 1805
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus chiefly designed for Bathing the Legs
of Animals.
I, HENRY MARTIN CHRISTOPHER, Coachman, of 105 West 56th Street New
York City, in the County and State of New York, United States of America, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a shower bath apparatus, designed especially to be used
in bathing the legs of animals, whether man or beast. The invention consists of
a perforated pipe for delivering water in a spray, provided with supports especially
adapted and arranged to be attached to the body of an animal to support the
water pipe near its leg for effectually bathing the leg without the special and
continuous care of an attendant. The water pipe preferably is circular in shape,
so as to extend round the leg of the animal and in order that the water may
be directed upon several sides of the leg at once. The encircling pipe is provided
on its inner periphery with a series of perforations and is preferably attached to
the animal's leg by means of a garter or other suitable clasp, from which the
If desired,
pipe is suspended by means of straps or other suitable supports.
another garter or clasp may be attached to the animal's leg beneath the water
pipe and connected to the pipe in the same way as the upper clasp. The straps
or connections between the clasps and the pipe may be adjustable in length, so
that the pipe may be nearer the upper clasp or nearer the lower clasp, as
required. The water pipe is provided with a pipe coupling, to which a hose may
be attached.
In operating my invention the pipe is made to encircle the animal's leg and the
clasps are secured in place to the leg above and below the parts to be bathed
and the water is turned on. The water is thrown in a continuous spray and is
No further care or
thus directed to the exact part requiring to be bathed.
attention on the part of an attendant is required. This apparatus is especially
useful in bathing the bruised or swollen parts of the leg of a horse.
Doted this 12th dov of June 1804
HENRY M. CHRISTOPHER.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Apparatus chiefly designed for Bathing the Legs
of Animais.
1, HENRY MARTIN CHRISTOPHER, of No. 105 West 56th Street, in the City
and State of New York, United States of America, Coachman, 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 in its entirety relates to a shower bath apparatus designed
especially to be used in bathing the leg of an auimal, whether man or beast.

page_text: Certain features of it, however, are adapted to be used generally for the purpose
of providing a shower bath, whether the bath is to be given locally to the leg,
or to some other part of the body or to the entire body.
The invention consists of a perforated pipe for delivering water in a spray,
provided with supports especially adapted and arranged to be attached to the body
of an animal and support the water pipe near its leg for effectually bathing the leg
without the special and continuous care of an attendant. In the form of the
invention shown in the drawings and hereinafter specifically described, the water
pipe is arranged to extend around or encircle the leg of the animal, so that water.
may be directed upon several sides of the leg at once if desired, and the supports
for the pipe are made adjustable and especially devised for attachment to the
animal's leg.
In the drawings, in which like letters designate similar parts throughout,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention: Figure 2 is a plan view thereof, and
Figure 3 is a section showing one of the details.
A is a water pipe provided with perforations a, b, c, and a pipe coupling d to
which a hose or other pipe may he attached. The pipe A is so arranged as to
surround or encircle the leg of an animal and is shown in the drawings as circular
or endless in form, but this particular form is of course not essential to the
invention, as other suitable forms of the encircling pipe which will readily suggest
themselves may be employed. Bails e are suitably secured to the pipe, each of
which carries two loops E and E. Adjustable collars B and C above and below
the pipe respectively are attached to the loops by means of straps D and D.
These straps are each provided with a series of perforations and pass through
buckles carried by the loops.
The perforations a, b and c are arranged to open from the interior of the pipe
from different directions, the perforations directing the water in the plane of the
pipe and the perforations a and directing the water obliquely above and below
this plane. As thus described, this apparatus is specially useful in bathing a
bruised or swollen portion of an animal's leg. In adjusting the apparatus the
collar B may be secured to the animal's leg above the knee and the collar C below
or near the pastern joint, the foot having been passed through the pipe. The pipe
is thus securely supported and the animal may move about without causing the
pipe to strike against his leg, and the attention of an attendant is rendered
unnecessary. The pipe moreover may be adjusted to any desired position between
the collars by taking up and letting out the straps D and D' as required. The
collar C of course need not necessarily be clasped tight around the leg. It may be
quite loose and still support or hold the pipe in a substantially predetermined
position with relation to the leg so that the pipe is prevented from striking it when
the animal moves.
It is obvious, moreover, that other means besides the collar
might be employed for this purpose. The apparatus may of course be attached to
the leg or body of a man or the leg of any other animal, but it is especially useful
in bathing the legs of horses.
Various changes which will readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art
may of course be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in wlint manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
claim is :
1. A shower bath apparatus for bathing the legs of animals, comprising a spray
pipe provided with a series of perforations, supports connected to said pipe
arranged to be attached to the animal's body to support the pipe, and means
connected to the pipe and adapted to engage the animal's leg and hold the pipe in
a substantially predetermined position in relation to the leg, whereby the pipe is
prevented from striking the leg when the latter is moved, substantially as sot
forth.
2. A shower bath apparatus for bathing the legs of animals, comprising a spray

page_text: pipe provided with a series of perforations, supports connected to said pipe
arranged to be attached to the animal's body to support the pipe, and a collar
connected to the pipe and adapted to engage the animal's leg and hold the pipe in
a substantially predetermined position in relation to the leg, whereby the pipe is
prevented from striking the leg when the latter is moved, substantially as set
forth.
3. In a shower bath apparatus, the combination of an encircling pipe provided
with perforations around its inner periphery, and an adjustable supporting collar
adapted to be clasped around the leg of an animal and adjustable connections
between the collar and pipe whereby the pipe may be supported by said collar in
close proximity to the leg of the animal, substantially as set forth.
4. In a shower bath apparatus, the combination of a pipe provided with
perforations along its inner periphery, a collar located above the pipe and
adjustable connections between the pipe and collar, and a second collar located
below the pipe and adjustable connections between the second collar and pipe,
substantially as set forth.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.