An Improved Lining for Collars, Pads, and Saddles for Horses and other Animals, for Giving Relief from Pressure and Friction.
Year: 1899

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An Improved Lining for Collars, Pads, and Saddles for Horses and
other Animals, for Giving Relief from Pressure and Friction.
RICHARD THEODORE GIDDEN, of 36, Englands Lane, Hampstead, London,
Harnessmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I form a sectional lining in collars, pads & saddles for horses & other animals
that are worked in harness in the following manner.
The sections are made of linen, leather, serge or any material that may be
suitable & are stuffed with horse hair, flock or any material that may be suitable.
Each section is quite seperate and is made to fit the collar, pad or saddle.
They are held in their place by a flange or tongue piece which is secured to
the collar, pad, or saddle by straps, laces, or any suitable means of holding the
sectional lining securely in its place.
The way the sections are arranged will allow of one or more sections to be
removed and yet the other sections will remain securely in their place.
Supposing a horse or other animal is suffering from a sore shoulder or any
part where the rubbing of the collar, pad or saddle has made it sore, the
section of lining is removed from that part, which leaves an open space above and
around the sore & allows the horse or other animal to be worked without cruelty.
I do not intend these lining to be used only for horses & other animals suffer-
ing from sores, but upon all draft, animals, for. instead of cutting the linings,
the collar, pad or sadde could be made to fit, by reducing or adding as the case
may require, the stuffing in the sections.
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An Improved Lining for Collars, Pads; and Saddles for Horses and
other Animals, for Giving Relief from Pressure and Friction.
I, RICHARD THEODORE GIDDEN, of 36 Englands Lane, Hampstead, London,
Harnessmaker, 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:-
According to my invention I form collars, pads or saddles for horses and other
animals with a sectional lining, each section of which is quite separate from the
others and is made to fit the collar, pad or saddle and can be made of various
thicknesses to fit the collar pad or saddle to the animal.

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These sections are made of linen, leather, serge or other suitable material and
they are stuffed with horsehair, flock or other suitable material.
They are held in position by flanges or tongue pieces thereon which are secured
to the collar, pad or saddle by straps, laces or other suitable means.
Thus supposing a horse or other animal is suffering from a sore shoulder or any
other part where the rubbing of the collar, pad or saddle has made it sore, the
section of lining which would come immediately above such sore place can be
removed from that part, thereby leaving an open space above and around the sore
part and allowing the horse or other animal to be worked without cruelty.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and readily carried
into effect I will describe the same by the aid of the accompanying drawings in
which Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 a rear or back view of a horse collar,
and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a panel for a harness saddle or pad showing
my invention applied thereto.
66 after wale,"
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 a is the "fore wale" and b is the
body side or pad both of which are constructed as heretofore except that the
after wale" has less stuffing than usual and is made more or less flat along the
inner sides thereof to receive the sectional lining forming the subject of the
present invention.
Along the edges of the inner surface of both sides of the "after wale" I stitch
Hanges, tongues or strips c, c', preferably of leather each being provided with
holes I also form sectional lining pieces d formed preferably with leather
backs projecting at d³ beyond the padded part and such projecting
parts are each provided with two holes d. These sectional lining pieces d
are of various shapes and may have various degrees of thickness to enable the
collar to be correctly fitted to a horse or other animal. A convenient way of fixing
a sectional lining piece to the collar is as follows:-I pass the two ends of a
leather or other lace e through the holes in the flange tongue or strip c of the
collar, then through the holes d in the projecting parts d², d³ of the back of the
sectional lining piece, and then through the holes in the flange tongue or strip c¹
of the collar after which I tie the ends of such lace e together. It will thus be
seen that the sectional lining pieces d can be readily fixed in position and
removed therefrom even when the collar is in position on an animal and that
thicker or thinner sectional lining pieces may be used as may be required. The
panel for the pad or saddle represented at Fig. 3 is provided with sectional lining
pieces which are of like character and are capable of being fixed in similar
manner to the saddle as the sectional lining pieces d of the collar, the various
parts having similar letters of reference to like parts in Figs. 1 and 2. If
desired the sectional lining may be continued up to the cap and down to the
bottom of the throat.
By the aid of the present invention the necessity for cutting the linings and
removing or adding stuffing to make the collar pad or saddle fit an animal is
avoided as the fit may be obtained by employing sectional linings with more or
less stuffing as may be required.
1 would here remark that I do not confine myself to the particular shape or
construction of sectional lining pieces for collars, pads or saddles, nor to the
materials used therein, nor to the method of fixing them in position as such may
be varied without departing from the peculiar character of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A lining for collars, pads or saddles for horses or other animals formed in
separate sections capable of being readily fixed in position and removed there-
from substantially as herein set forth.
2. A lining for collars, pads or saddles for horses or other animals formed in

page_text: separate sections with backing pieces projecting on two sides and means for
readily connecting and disconnecting the sections with flanges or tongue pieces
secured to the collars, pads or saddles substantially as herein set forth.
Uated this 29th day of June 1900
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.