Patent ID: 7228678

Claim:
An equestrian tattletale rider hand-training device, said device comprising: a first wrist strap releaseably connected to a second wrist strap, said first wrist strap and said second wrist strap each including: a slide buckle having an outer frame and a center divider defining two (2) slots, said wrist strap having a first end portion and a second end portion threaded through said two (2) slots of said slide buckle from one side of said slide buckle to define a center wrist cuff portion, said first end portion of said strap wrapping around an upper side of said outer frame of said slide buckle and being releaseably connected to an outer surface of said center wrist cuff portion to allow the size of the center wrist cuff portion to be adjustable in size; a saddle strap having a first end connected to a lower side of said outer frame of said slide buckle; a releasable swivel snap connected to a lower end of said saddle strap; a first hook and loop type fastener provided between a first end portion of said wrist strap and a first end portion of said second wrist strap to releasably connect said first wrist strap to said second wrist strap; a second hook and loop type fastener provided between said first end of said wrist strap and said center wrist cuff portion to releaseably connect said first end portion of said wrist strap to said center cuff portion of said wrist strap and allow the size of the center wrist cuff portion to be adjustable in size; and a third hook and loop type fastener provided between a first portion and second portion of said saddle strap to releaseably connect said first portion of said saddle strap to a second portion of said saddle strap and to releaseably connect said device to the saddle.