Harness for working animal – Riding saddle
Patent
1996-03-13
1998-09-01
Swiatek, Robert P.
Harness for working animal
Riding saddle
B68C 102
Patent
active
057994730
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention concerns a saddle for horses.
It is well known that, in certain cases, it is necessary to reinforce or improve safety when fastening a saddle on a horse. This is the case, for instance, with the game of polo in which the player is often in an offset and unbalanced position. Analogous circumstances may occur during training or during certain horse-riding activities or training.
For this purpose, the use and implementation of an overgirth is well-known. This overgirth "doubles" the girth with which any conventional saddle is provided. It is reminded here that both end parts for fastening the girth onto the saddle proper are interposed between the flaps and the knee rolls, on either side of the saddle, where they are attached to fastening means provided at both ends of a strap set across the saddle-bow and attached thereon by means of nails or equivalent means.
Such an overgirth is an accessory at the user's disposal. It is added to the saddle proper and is set crosswise over it, i.e. it is applied onto the visible outer sides of the seat, skirts and flaps.
This creates, on the seat and on the flaps where the overgirth is placed, an extra thickness which corresponds to the thickness of the overgirth and two protruding edges corresponding to the two free longitudinal edges of the overgirth. This extra thickness and these protruding edges are located crosswise with respect to the saddle.
This situation is inherent in the conventional design of horse saddles which do not allow for the incorporation of an overgirth due to their structures which besides are traditionally well-established.
Now there are many drawbacks with the presence of an overgirth provided in the known manner, and particularly the obvious lack of comfort for the person who rides the horse (rider, polo player, etc.) since his (or her) buttocks rest on the extra thickness, and the inner sides of his/her thighs rub against the overgirth free edges, especially during a longitudinal relative motion frontwards or backwards with respect to the saddle. Another drawback is that the position of the overgirth along a longitudinal direction is not necessarily the best one, since no indication is given for this position and the overgirth is not guided. Lastly, this position may change following a relative longitudinal shift of the overgirth with respect to the saddle.
The invention is thus intended to eliminate these drawbacks.
For this purpose, it proposes a saddle for horses characterised in that it has at least one crosswise, transverse retaining or support passage, arranged below the seat's upper outer face and totally built into the saddle, whose functions consist in providing a guided transversal passage from one side to the other, on the one hand, and the downwards vertical support of at least one girth or overgirth, on the other hand.
According to other characteristics, the saddle includes either a single passage for one girth and/or one overgirth, or two passages which are distinct and separated from each other for one girth and one overgirth.
The passage is provided in the saddle-bow.
More specifically, the passage is defined towards the top by the longitudinal girth(s) attached to the saddle-bow frame; towards the bottom by the two rigid longitudinal straps of the saddle-bow frame; towards the pommel and the cantle by braces ensuring the required spacing between said longitudinal girths and said rigid longitudinal straps of the frame, respectively.
The side openings of the passage are normally concealed by the skirts since they are placed underneath.
The passage is located in or near the transversally narrowest mid-portion of the saddle-bow.
According to a first alternate embodiment, the saddle includes a single passage for an overgirth adjacent to a crosswise strap located towards the pommel and covering the saddle-bow's longitudinal girths, said strap being intended for the removable fastening of the saddle girth, using fastening means.
In this case a slit or a loop for the overgirth is arranged in the flap, substantially located
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patent: 443241 (1890-12-01), Northrup
patent: 1213329 (1917-01-01), Beal
patent: 5191752 (1993-03-01), Murphy
patent: 5195306 (1993-03-01), Hadlock
Hermes S.A.
Swiatek Robert P.
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