US1110338A - Breast-bow for harness. - Google Patents

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E. A. NELSON. BREAST BOW FOR HARNESS.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 7 1911.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELZA A. NELSON, OF DEXTER, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE POMEROY NOVELTY COMPANY, OF POMEROY, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BREAST-BOW FOR HARNESS.

Application filed December 7, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELZA A. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dexter, in the county of Meigs and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Breast-Bows for Harness, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to breast bows or devices for protecting the throat and breathing passages of a horse while drawing heavy loads and its object is to simplify and cheapen the construction of such devices and render their manipulation easy and expeditious.

The invention is embodied in the example shown in the accompanying drawings, set forth in the following description and pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the said drawings-Figure 1 is a top plan view of the bow showing it attached to traces. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line yy Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line m-w Fig. 3 looking toward the right. I

In the views 5 designates the outer member of the breast bow and 6 the inner member. The outer member 5 is a longitudinally curved structure of sheet metal bentto U- form having one fiat or shank end 5 for riveting the member to a trace 7. The inner bow member 6 is also a longitudinally curved structure of sheet metal bent to U-form and having one flat or shank end 6 for riveting that member to a trace 7. The inner bow member 6 is curved to correspond to the interior of the outer member and it is made of dimensions to fit snugly within said outer member 5. The said outer member 5 near its shank end is provided with a bridging transverse pin 5 fixed therein. The two walls of the free end of the inner bow member 6 are similarly cut to provide a double hook, as seen at 6 that can catch behind the transverse pin and prevent'sepa ration longitudi- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

Serial N 0. 664,364.

nally of the two members when they are closed together. The end of the double hook is preferably rounded on an are having the axis of the pin 5 as its center so that the two parts of the bow must be swung to a wide angle (see broken lines Fig. 3) with reference to each other and with the pin as the axis to permit the bow members to be separated from each other. The bows are held together and from flexion when on the horse by the proximity of the ends 5 and 6 to the horses breast. The pin 5 acts as a latch to prevent lengthwise separation of the bows. Said pin 5 also acts as a fulcrum on which one or both parts 5 and 6 are turned by hand in effecting the separation. When so constructed such a separation cannot take place when the device is upon a horse except by positive manipulation for the purpose but because of the simplicity of the construction this separation can be effected in a moment and with the greatest ease.

When formed as herein shown and described the parts can be manufactured with dies. rapidly and in great quantities.

What I claim is:

A breast bow for harness comprising, in combination, two pieces of sheet metal curved longitudinally and of U-form in cross section to fit one within the other and around the breast of a horse, said pieces being open at the sides adjacent the horses breast, the outer of said pieces having a ELZAA. NELSON.

Witnesses:

BENJ. FINOKEL, GE TRUDE. LOWRY.

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

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