CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITIONS TO HARNESS AND SADLERY, PART OR PARTS OF WHICH, IMPROVEMENTS OR ADDITIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1829

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
LEESON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Eighth day of July, in the tenth year of the His reign,
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Leeson, His special licence that I, the said William Leeson,
my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Leeson,
my exors, admors, 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 expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR ADDITIONS TO HARNESS AND SADLERY, PART OR PARTS OF
WHICH, IMPROVEMENTS OR ADDITIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES" (com-
municated to me by my late partner, William Taft); in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso obliging me, the said William Leeson, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and
ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, and to cause the same to be enrolled in His said

page_text: Majesty's High Court of Chancery: within six; calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said recited Letters; Patent, as in and by
the same, reference being thereunto, had, will more fully and at large
appear.
- NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Taft, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Invention is
described and ascertained by the following description thereof, reference being
made to the Drawings: annexed; and to the-figures-and letters marked thereon,
that is to say
The improvements consist in applying what I call spring stop hooks to the
connecting of various parts of harness and sadlery, whereby greater strength
will be obtained, and greater facility in attaching and detaching the various
parts.
But in order that the Invention may be more clearly understood. I will
proceed to explain the Drawing annexed.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents one of my spring stop hooks applied to a trace shewn
as attached to the-ring-at the end of a splinter bar, Figures 2 and 3 are
sections of the same, in each of which Figures, the same.letters refer to the
same parts, a being the frame or casing, of brass or other, material; b, the
hook, the stop which: slides into a groove cut in the stock of the hook,, as
will be more clearly, explained hereafter;, d is a click or, catch which
passed upwards by the spring, e; and it will be seen that the click, or catch is
supported at the end f by the pin g, which serves as a fulcrum or axis.
Figures 1 and 2 the stop. c, is shewn as closed against the hook; conse
quently the trace cannot be extircated from the splinter. bar but by depressing
the click or catch d. The stop, & may be readily, pushed back by the knob
into the position shewn by Figure 3, and then the trace may be unhooked..
Figure 4 shews a cross section for the purpose of shewing the groove i, i,
in which the stop c slides, and is at the same time retained from falling out s
of its place. Figure 5 shews a hook for a round rim, in which it will be
seen that the click or catch is similar to that above described;, but the stop is
formed of a ferrule or cylinder c which slides over the click or catch, and
thereby prevents the book from being unhooked, but by depressing the click
or catch, d, as before, the ferrule may be slided back, and allow of the hook s
being withdrawn. Now it will be evident from the above description that
although I have here described only two kinds of hooks, that small flat frames
may be made for the smaller reins, and they may either be made with stops

page_text: similar to that described in Figures 1 and 2, or they may have sliding ferrules
or cylinders similar to that described in Figure 5.
Figure 6 shews a shaft tug with part of my improvements applied thereto,
in which the same letters where they occur refer to similar parts described in
the foregoing Figures. a, the framing or casing; d, the click or catch; g,
the pin which supports and is the axis of the click d; and there is a spring
placed under the click in the manner before described. j, j is the lower half
of the circular shaft tug which supports the shaft,, which is made: fast to the
case or framing by rivets or other means; k is the upper half, which is hinged
to the lower part by the hinge 1; m is a step projecting from the part j by
which the upper part k is supported; n is a projecting piece formed or
fastened on the upper part of the shaft tug k, so that when closed down on
the step n will be prevented rising (or being forced up) by the click or catch
d; o is a ring or loop through which the back band strap is to pass, and a
buckle is to be applied to the part p for the strap which passes over the
saddle. Now it will be evident from the above description that a horse may
be harnessed to a chaise with much greater facility by the use of the shaft
tugs above described, for it will only be necessary to drop the shafts into the
shaft tugs, and then by closing down the top parts, which will be held by the
clicks or catches d, and this may be done in much less time than by passing
the ends of the shafts through the shaft tugs, as is the usual practice. Besides
it will be seen, that in case of the horse falling, that by depressing the clicks
or catches d, both of the shaft tugs and the end of the traces, the horse will be
immediately free. I would, however, observe, that a sliding stop c, similar to
that described in Figures 1, 2, and 3, may be applied to a shaft tug, in addition
to the parts above described, but would not, be so simple. It may be here
observed that the greater part of the above may be covered with leather, or
may shew the metal, which will depend on taste; and it is evident, that the
above-described hooks may be applied to other purposes. The traces or
straps or reins are made fast to the framings a by studs, as shewn in the
Drawing, or they may be fixed by other means.
Now, although I have described various parts which are well known and
in use, I do not claim them separately as new, but only claim then when
applied to the purposes above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Leeson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord Ono
thousand eight hundred and thirty.
WILLIAM (L.S.) LEESON.
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page_text: MOLE, Extra.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fifth day of January, in the
year of our Lord 1830, the aforesaid William Leeson came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
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 Eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty.