US1026751A - Harness. - Google Patents

Description

J. E. KERSHAW.

HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1911.

1 ,026,751 v Patented May 21, 1912.

Inventor Witnesses; Q W KW,

Attorney.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH c0.,WASH|NoTaN D c JAMES E. KERSHAW, 0F VANCOUVER-WASHINGTON.

HARNESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Original application filed December 10, 1910, Serial No. 596,727. Divided and this application filed June Serial N0. 633,372.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. Knnsrmw, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vancouver, in the county of Clarke and State of WVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness, of which the following is a specification.

This invenion relates to an improvement in harness, and especially in single harness which are adapted to engage and support the thill or shaft of the vehicle, and has for its object to provide a support for the thill, whereby it will be held in a horizontal position, and prevented from vibrating or rocking, as over a pivot, which is the case where the shaft has but a single point of support.

The subject matter of the invention was divided out of my application No. 596,727, filed December 10, 1910 for an improvement in vehicles.

I accomplish the objects stated, by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved harness as in use. a detail of one of the thill supports.

In. the drawing, 1 is the ordinary harness saddle, having a central portion extending to the rear to form the rigid support or stay 3, to the rear end of which is attached the transverse member 1, thereby constituting a double saddle, in which are secured the transverse straps 4 and 4* respectively, forming the body of the harness, to which are secured the stays 8, upon the ends of which are formed the thill supports. To the lower sides of the straps 4 and 4E are attached the corresponding girth straps 5 and 5 to which are secured the girths 9 and 9 respectively.

Upon the strapsa and 4?, at each side, is secured a stay 8, having the shaft rests 7 and 7 at its front and rear ends respectively. The stay, which is made of suitable rigid material, maintains the straps at their proper distance apart, which is preferably twelve to fifteen inches. The shaft rests are formed rigidly with the stay and are adapted to receive and support the shafts 2. The straps 4 and 1* pass through their respective Fig. 2 1s 4 slots 10 and engage the shafts or thills at 6, and are finally secured, by means of a buckle or in any usual manner to the girth below.

By the arrangement as above set forth, the harness may be bound upon the animal, both at the front and rear of the body, which makes the binding more secure and effective than if done by a single girth. It is therefore, unnecessary to draw either girth as tight as would be required with a single girth, in cases where it is necessary to prevent the harness from turning, thereby adding greatly to the comfort of the animal wearing the improved harness. The thill supports being rigidly secured in their horizontal position on the harness, and engaging the thill at the two points so widely separated, hold them firmly in line, and prevent any considerable vibratory or rocking movement thereof.

This harness is especially adapted for the use of one-wheeled vehicles and is made to sustain the vehicle upright. Its use, however, is not confined to this sort of implement, but it may be employed with the usual vehicle as well.

Having thus described my invention so that others skilled in the art to which it pertains, may make and use the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a single harness, a saddle comprising two transverse members, rigidly connected by a central longitudinal portion,- a flexible element secured at each end of said transverse members,and means for supporting the shafts, which are secured to and space apart said flexible elements.

2. In a single harness, a saddle comprising two transverse members rigidly connected by a single longitudinal portion, a flexible element secured to each end of said transverse members, a rigid longitudinal member for maintaining the relative positions of each pair of flexible elements, and a shaft support secured to each pair of flexible elements.

3. In a single harness, a saddle comprising two transverse members rigidly connected by a central longitudinal portion,- stay,-and means whereby the shaft may be a girth secured to each of said transverse secured in said rests. 10 1nembers,and a rigid shaft support se- In testimony whereof I affix my signature cured at each side of said girths for susin presence of two Witnesses. V a V taining the shafts and for maintaining the JAMES E. KERSHAV. relative positions of the girths. Witnesses:

4. In a shaft support, a stay,-a shaft C. W. BAMBERGER, rest formed transversely at each end of the ALFRED JESELSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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