US375943A - Harness-saddle tree - Google Patents

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(NoModeL) W. M. LERCH.

HARNESS SADDLE TREE. No. 375,943. Patented Jan. 3, 1888.

ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM M. LEROH, or

PATENT OFFICE.

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HARNESS-SADDLE TREE.

SPECIFICATION fc'c'ming part of Letters Patent No. 375,943, dated January 3, 1888.

Application filed September 10, 1887. Serial No. 2493M. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. Lance, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Saddle Trees, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trees for harness-saddles, the nature of which will be understood from the following descrip tion, and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side and partly sectional view of the saddletree. Fig. 2 is a top view ot'the metal tree. Fig. 3 is a view of the saddle with a leather jockey of the style known as hand-laced saddles. One-half ofthe saddle is shown in section. of the finished saddle.

The object of my invention is to provide a metal saddle-tree having at each side or arm and integral therewith a convex face on its under surface, thereby to give form to the thick part of the pad of the saddle. Each arm of the tree A has a bold convex face, I), 011 its under side. This convexity extends far enough to give form and shape to the thick part of the pad without using any more felt or other padding at the thick part than is employed at the thin part. The bold convex face b on the under side of the tree forms a concavity, g, on the upper side, and a crossbar, 71, attached only at opposite edges, 9, bridges over the said concavity. The crossbar has a hole, 2', for the screwj of the terret h. A crapper-loop, c, is cast with the tree, as usual. A saddle having a tree of this kind Fig. 4 is a crosssection is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The leather flap d is of ordinary construction, and the pad-cover e is either laced or stitched thereto, as the different styles of saddles may require.

Aleather jockey, f, is employed in this style The terret-screw j passes through of saddle.

the jockey f, flap (1, and cross-bar h, and a nut, j, on the end of the said screw occupies the concavity below the cross-bar.

In consequence of the convex face I) of the saddle-tree the felting Z. used for stuffing harness saddles, as here shown, is of uniform thickness along the entire length of the pad. No extra felt is used, nor is any required to build up the thick part of the pad. The padcover 0 incloses the felt, and, as already stated, the said cover is laced or stitched to the flap d. The back-band m (which is the strap to sustain the shafts of a vehicle) is attached to the screw j of the terret. m is shown passed through a slot, 01, in the flap d, and secured on the screw between the cross-bar h and nut j.

A saddle tree made as here shown insures that the thick part of the pad will keep its shape and will not flatten down.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the Unit d States- 1. The herein-described saddle-tree, having at each side or arm, and integral therewith a bold convex face, I), on its under surface, and the perforated cross-bar h, and the crupperloop c, also formed integral with the tree, as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 7

2. Theherein-described harness-saddle, having each of its two arms provided with integral bold convex faces I) on their under surfaces, the perforated cross-bar h, and the felt Z, coir nected the entire length of the tree, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof faffix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

YVILLI AM M. LERCH.

\Vitnesses:

J NO. '1. Mannox, J OHN E. MORRIS.

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