Harness for working animal – Riding saddle – Specific material
Patent
1998-05-18
2000-05-16
Swiatek, Robert P.
Harness for working animal
Riding saddle
Specific material
54 441, B68C 100
Patent
active
060620064
ABSTRACT:
Rubber fitting for installation on the saddle horn of a conventional saddle, to enhance friction with the rope during the cattle roping process, and to remain securely attached to the horn as long as needed, being a one piece hollow cylindrical fitting in the form of a sleeve of molded rubber of a type which will produce good friction with the rope wrapped thereon, with an inner diameter sufficiently undersized in relation to the saddle horn that it achieves a tight, tensioned fit over the saddle horn, though large enough that it can be stretched to be installed over the saddle horn after soap lubrication of the saddle horn and the interior of the fitting; having alternate forms for differing pommel and forks of various saddle and horn geometries of different conventional saddles, with suitable angling of the top and bottom edges of the fitting for achieving optimum fit with the pommel, fork and saddle horn geometry of each saddle model, so that the bottom of the fitting, when installed, will fit flush against the saddle's pommel and fork, so that the rope may not work under the bottom edge of the fitting; and so that the forward edge of the top of the fitting will fit beneath the forwardly projecting cap at the top of the saddle horn, so as to further resist forces tending to lift the fitting off the saddle horn.
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Cowboy Concepts "Supper Dalley", p. 114 of Western Horseman, published Feb. 1998.
Harris Robert W.
Swiatek Robert P.
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