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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN R. McCORMICK, OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLE-BLANKETS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,975, dated December 5, 1876; application filed
June 10, 1876.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN R. MCCORMICK, of
Georgetown, in the county of Williamson and
State of Texas, have invented a new and valu-
able Improvement in Rubber Saddle- Blank-
ets; and I do hereby declare that the follow-
ing is a full, clear, and exact description of
the construction and operation of the same,
reference being had to the annexed drawings,
making a part of this specification, and to the
letters anti figures of reference marked there-
on.
Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation
of a transverse vertical section of my inven-
tioni. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same,
showing the grooves. Fig. 3 is a longitudi-
nal section.
This invention has relation to saddle-blauk-
ets; and it consists in the construction and
novel arrangement of the layers composing
the same, the body consisting of a layer of
canvas between twolayers of rubber, whereof
the under layer is formed with grooves ex-
tending toward the side edges and interlac-
ing at low angles, as hereinafter fully shown
and described.
The object of this invention is to provide a
saddle-cloth which will have sufficient body
to form a soft cushion between the saddle and
the back of the animal, and at the same time
serve to ventilate the back and intercept and
carry off the perspiration.
In the accompanying drawings, the letter
A designates the blanket, which may be cut
according to any desired pattern. The upper
layer a of the blanket designed to receive the
direct pressure of the tree is made of rubber,
which may be coated or otherwise laid on the
next layer b, which is formed of canvas or
belting, anti gives strength to the blanket.
Under the textile layer is the main layer c ofrubber, which is designed to be thick and
cushion-like in the parts d, which are sepa-
rated from each other by a backbone-groove,
e, extending longitudinally, and by inclined
tranverse grooves f crossing each other at
low angles, as indicated at g. These grooves
serve as ventilating-channels to admit air to
the back of the animal, and also as ducts to
convey off the condensed perspiration. These
grooves extend upward or into the rubber to
near the textile layer, which serves to
strengthen the blanket in these weaker por-
tions, when it would otherwise, unless made
of unusual thickness, be apt to break away.
The back of the animal is, by the use of this
blanket, designed to be kept cool, and scald-
ing is prevented. The saddle-pads are pro-
tected from sweat, and therefore will be more
durable. By means of the end loops k it is
designed to be readily fastened to the saddle,
and thereby kept from working forward or
backward, or from being altogether lost.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to
secure by Letters Patent, is-
1. A saddle-blanket, composed of layers of
rubber and canvas, having the ventilating
sweat-grooves transversely arranged on each
side of the central or backbone-groove, and
the intermediate cushions of rubber, substan-
tially as specified.
2. A saddle-blanket, having an inner layer
of canvas, ventilating-grooves, and fastening-
loops, substantially as specified.
In testimony that I claim the above I have
hereunto subscribed my name in the presence
of two witnesses.
JOHN ROBERT McCORMICK.
Witnesses:
R. E. HARRIS,
W. T. DALRYMPLE.
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McCormick, John Robert. Improvement in Saddle-Blankets, patent, December 5, 1876; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166615/m1/2/?q=%22United%20States%20-%20Texas%20-%20Williamson%20County%20-%20Georgetown%22: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.