Harness for working animal – Miscellaneous
Patent
1996-11-27
1998-04-07
Swiatek, Robert P.
Harness for working animal
Miscellaneous
54 441, B68B 500
Patent
active
057351090
ABSTRACT:
A safety device for preventing a rider from going over the shoulder of a horse when the horse stops suddenly, wherein the device comprises a strap tied around the body of the horse, a hollow rigid rod connected by a detaching device to the strap, and a rope retractably held within the rod and connected at one end to the waist of the rider and extendible to a first length to loosely be connected to the rider in the normal sitting position and to a second length to tightly hold the rider in a stretched position out of the saddle and over the sholder of the horse when the horse stops suddenly. The detaching device enables the rod holding the rope to move a certain range of angles to either side of a line extending from the end of the horse to the head of the horse, and when the rod travels beyond that range detaches the rod from the strap so that a rider can fall freely to the side of the horse without restraint from the rope. In the foregoing manner, the invention prevents over-the-shoulder falls, which are particularly dangerous to the head and spinal column, while allowing over the side falls which often must be done voluntarily in order to save the rider from more serious trouble.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3616595 (1971-11-01), Townsend
patent: 5383327 (1995-01-01), Dohln
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