Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Check – label – or tag – Animal markers
Patent
1998-11-23
2000-01-25
Knight, Anthony
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Check, label, or tag
Animal markers
40300, 119858, G09F 300, A62B 3500
Patent
active
060166177
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a suspension device for a sign adapted to be fastened onto a carriage, e.g. a sulky or similar being by means of thills attached within a harness.
2. Brief Description of the Related Art
During sulky sport competitions it is a well known problem for the spectator to see and distinguish the number of the competing carriage. Many attempts with signs have been made, which failed. The spectators need a sign well attached with an easily readable number to distinguish the carriages. The carriages need a durable sign being easily attachable to the equipment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a sign and suspension apparatus which is adapted to securely mount the sign to the harness of a sulky. The sign includes a front number display portion and a rear portion and upper and lower edges. The suspension device includes first and second attachment elements which are connected to the back of the sign and which extend outwardly beyond the upper and lower edges thereof toward points of connection with an upper portion of a harness and a lower portion of a harness. At least one of the attachment elements is adjustable to ensure that the sign is tightly secured to the harness.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a security connecting element, such as a cord, is mounted through a tube mounted on the rear portion of the sign and includes an outer end which is selectively engaged at a point of connection with the harness.
Also, in the preferred embodiment, quick release snap hooks, or similar connectors, are used to secure each of the suspension elements to the harness.
Thus, the main object of the invention is to provide a device for attaching a sign onto to the horses harness, to visualize, which number the carriage in question has in the sulky sport competitions, the device complying with the demands stated above.
The object is achieved in that the suspension device is provided with the characteristics specified in the claims to follow.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will be described herein below in more detail in connection with the drawing.
FIG. 1 shows an end view of the sign attachment on the side of the harness,
FIG. 2 shows the arrangement of the sign in relation to the horse,
FIG. 3 shows the sign attachment to the harness on both sides of the harness.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The sign consists of a thin or panel 16 in a composite material. To achieve the possibly best durability and resilience 900 g of glass fibres were used in composition with 3.times.300 glass fibre tissues of a special polyester with the product number 48 M85. The surface was coated with an ENGA-gel coating, and an antireflecting creformer with the product number 10-80 makes the sign resilient. The number is encased and formed within the gel coating or the sign is also alternatively adapted for attaching the number and/or the background by means of a film or is alternatively directly screen printed onto the sign. The sign is attached by means of a three point method, a band 15 being attached to a ring on the upper part of the harness 17 with a definite length and a band 14 to a ring on be attached to the lower part of the harness 17. This band 14 is also adjustable to different sizes of the harness 17. The third band is a cord 13 attached between the sign 16 and the harness 17 as a security device to prevent any other parts to loosen. The bands 14, 15 are attached by means of snap hooks to the harness 17 and with plate buckles on the backside of the sign. The position of the sign relative to a sulky thill 18 and the harness is shown clearly in FIG. 2. The security cord 13 is running within a pipe 21 on the backside of the sign to achieve an easy replacement of the cord 13. The buckles and the pipe 21 are plasticized onto the backside of the sign 16 by means of a mixture of lime, glass fibres and glass fibre tissues with the product number 48 M85. The plasticize attachment for the b
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Dolce Marcus
Knight Anthony
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