US105406A - Improved ring- for harness - Google Patents

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i LeaefrsPatem'No; 105,496, daad Jyzy 19, 1ero.

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The ScheduleV referred tov in' these Letters Patent and makingpart o the same f lBe it fknown` that I,SAMUEI`J Annnnmof Avoca, in th'e county of lowaland State of NVisoonsin, have invented a new andusefui Improvement Ain Harness- Rings; and `Ido` hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, `and exact descriptiolrthereof, which will enable others skilled inthe art tomakeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying rdraw- `ing` forming,r part of this specitcatioln'in which- Figure l represents aside view of a halter having p my improved rings.

`Figure 2 isa detail side rien', on anenlarged-scale,

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Similar-,letters of reference indicate,corresponding parts.

This invention has for its object. to so construct the `ringaivhich are ,used on `the severalparts ofa harness, that the'straps cannot slide and play on the same, andconsequen'tly cannotbc as readily worn as on the ordinary rings.` l l lheinvention consists informing inner projections on the rings, so that, byther, means, the straps are held secure and prevented from being chafed by lateral play. y v A, in the drawing, represents a ring used on harness, of suitable kind to, connect two or more straps,

B G D, 85e,` `It is made off-"suitableA material and 'l size. 4 v

On its nneredge are`formedinwardprojeatinglugs or ears a a, whieh are so set' and arranged on the rin g, as to form abutting edges for the straps that are held by the rino. Thus, on allaiter', as in tig. ring hasbut o'neear, a, whose ends serve to hold the straps B C, while on the lower strap there are two lugs, et, `on opposite sides, 'for the nose and headstall straps, respectively. A i

These ears or lugs serve to hold `the straps in place, prevent them from playing onthe rings, and from being, consequently, excessively Worn.

' rlhe lugs also serve to better retain all parts of the 1, the upper

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