Improved Strap for Riding Habits.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Strap for Riding Habits.
We, HENRY NICOLL, trading as H. J. Nicoll & Co., of 114, 116, 118 and
120 Regent Street, in the County of London, Merchant Tailors and Outfitters,
and ELSIE PARKER, of The Hollins, Grosmont, by York, in the County of York,
wife of John James Parker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
Our invention relates to riding habits and consists in the application thereto of a
novel arrangement of strap which serves to keep the habit in position when riding
but which, in case the rider is thrown, yields so that it will not catch upon the
pommel of the saddle.
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Our improved strap consists of an elastic band provided with a snap the two
parts of which are arranged to enter one within the other in such a manner that
they can only be separated by a longitudinal pull, the spring part of the snap
being preferably of such strength that it is capable of resisting a strain of, say,
eight pounds which will be sufficient to prevent it from opening with the ordinary
play of the foot when riding but which will yield under a greater strain such as
would be produced if the rider were thrown.
In practice our safety strap is so arranged that the heel of the boot can be
placed therein.
Some of the advantages of our invention are that there is no part to become
lost and that it can be applied with facility, either to safety habits or ordinary
ones.
Dated the 2nd day of December 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
Improved Strap for Riding Habits.
We, HENRY NICOLL, trading as H. J. Nicoll & Co., of 114, 116, 118 and
120, Regent Street, in the County of London, Merchant Tailors and Outfitters,
and ELSIE PARKER, of The Hollins, Grosmont by York, in the County of York,
wife of John James Parker, 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 :-
Our invention relates to riding habits and consists in the application thereto of a
novel arrangement of strap which serves to keep the habit in position when riding
but which, in case the rider is thrown, yields so that it will not catch upon the
pommel of the saddle nor prevent the rider from rising to her feet.
Our improved strap consists of an elastic band provided with a snap the two
parts of which are arranged to enter one within the other in such a manner that
they can only be separated by a longitudinal pull, the spring part of the snap
being preferably of such strength that it is capable of resisting a strain of, say,
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page_text: eight pounds which will be sufficient to prevent it from opening with the ordinary
play of the foot when riding but which will yield under a greater strain such as
would be produced if the rider were thrown.
In practice our safety strap is so arranged that the heel of the boot can be
placed therein.
Some of the advantages of our invention are that there is no part to become
lost and that it can be applied with facility, either to safety habits or ordinary
ones.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved strap shewing the two parts of
the snap connected together:
Figure 2 is a similar view shewing the two parts of the snap disconnected:
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.
a is the elastic band, and b, b¹ the two parts of the snap. The part b consists of
a piece of bent wire forming a spring tapered in front and having two projections c, c
formed thereon. The part consists of a metal case or socket open at one end,
so that the spring b can be inserted in the same, and provided with a slot or hole d
at the top and at the bottom. The height of the case or socket is made less than
the distance between the outer surfaces of the two projections c, c on the spring
part so that when the spring is inserted into the socket it is compressed and the
projections c, c spring through the holes d, d when they reach the same thus
locking the two parts together, as shewn in Figure 1.
In practice our improved safety strap is sewn to the habit of the rider in such a
position that the foot can be placed in the strap, the pressure of the foot serving
to keep the habit in place, such pressure, however, not being sufficient to cause the
snap to become unclasped. Should, however, the rider be thrown, the sudden
increased strain or pressure on the snap unclasps it so that the foot is freed and the
strap does not encumber the movements of the rider.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The manufacture and use of the improved safety strap for riding habits
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 30th day of March 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.