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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOSEPH P. COOPER, OF FARMERSVILLE, TEXAS.
HORSE-COLLAR.No. 797,099.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed December 27, 1904. Serial No. 238,467.Jo ((1/, wbiHoIfl, it U/y cn(er(.-7)
Be it known that .I, JOSIE 11P (. Cooio, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Far-
imersville, il the county of Collin and State of
Texas, have invented certain new an(d useful
I improvement ts in Horse-Collars, of wh ich the
following is a specification.
This inventions relates to an improvement
in horse-collars, and has in view the provi-
sion1 of a practical and durable construction of
collar entirely dispensing with the use of the
ordii ary lanes.
To this end the invention contemplates at
combination metal and leather collar so con-
structed as to require a minmumn amount of
leather in the manufacture thereof, while at
the same time presenting a full cushion effect
to the shoulders of the horse and providing
for the mounting of all the metal fixtures--
such as the rings, hooks, &c.-upon a metal
base, thus bringing the rail of chains outside
against a metal surface, thereby greatly in-
creasing the strength and durability of the
collar.
A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a metal-leather construction which con-
siderably lightens the ordinary types of horse-
collars and at the same time adds strength
and wearing qualities thereto. Also in this
connection the improved construction pro-
vides for securely holding the cushion-roll to
the base of the collar with a minimum. amount
of sewing, should that expedient be resorted.
to for securing the cushion-roll to the metal
base.
With these and other objects in view,
which will more readily appear as the nature
of the invention is better understood, the
same consists in the novel construction, com-
bination, and arrangements of parts which
will be hereinafter more fully described, illus-
trated, and claimed.
The essential features of the invention in-
volved in carrying out the objects above in-
dicated are necessarily susceptible to struc-
tural change without departing from the
scope of the invention; but a Preferred em-
bodiment of the latter is shown in the accom-
panyilg drawings, in which-
Fiogure 1 is a front view of a complete horse-
collar embodying the present invention. Fig.
2 is a side edge view viewed from the line 2 2
of Fig. I.. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view
on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a bottom
end view of the collar. Fig. 5 is a cross-see-Patented Aug. 15, 1905.
tional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is
a detail elevation of the top end of the collar,
viewed from the inside thereof. Fig. 7 is a
detail plan of the top portion of the collar.
Like reference-niuminerals designate corre-
sponding parts in the several figures of the
drawings.
In carrying out the present invention the
convention al ovate form of the ordinary
horse-collar is preserved.
The collar-body (designated in its entirety
by the numeral 1) is made up of the opposite
semi-ovate sections 2 2, w'hch 1 aIeI substantially
(luplicates in construction. Each of the op-
posite semi-ovate collar-sections essentially
comprises an outer or front metal base 3 and
an inner cushion-roll 4, said cushion-roll con-
sisting of a leather or equivalent cover 5 in
the roll-padding 6, fitted into the cover at the
inner side of the outer metal base 3. The
outer metal base 3 of each collar-section is
formed from a sheet of pressed steel or other
sheet metal and is shaped to the proper con-
figuration of the collar, said base being of a
tapering width toward the ends and provided
at its upper end with an inturned top arm 7
and at its lower end with a corresponding in-
turned bottom arm S, which constitutes the
usualcol ar'endsdisposed,respectively, above
and below the neck of theanimal.
One of the distinctive features of the pres-
ent invention resides in the peculiar forma-
tion of the top and bottom ends 7 and 8 from
the sheet - metal body 3, constituting the
outer metal base of each collar-section. In
this connection it will be seen froiu Figs. 2, 3,
6, and 7 of the drawings that the said upper
interned top arm7, forming the top extension
of thel metal base 3, has formed therewith and
projected therefrom an integral laterally-off-
set socket-piece 9, which receives therein the
upper end of the cushion-roll 4, while at the
same time presenting a closed enld for the at-
tachment thereof of a leaf of the to1) hinge 10,
whicl forms a pivotal or hinge connection at
the top of the collar between the upper ends of
the opposite collar-sections 2 2. riThe closed
ends of the opposite socket-pieces 9 at the
upper ends of said opposite collar-sections
have, respectively, fastened thereto the sepa-
rate leaves of the top hinge 10, thus provitd-
ing a double function for the integral socket-
pieces-viz., for the proper connection be-
tween the collar-sections at the top and for
receiving therein. the tipper ends of the cush-
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Cooper, Joseph P. Horse Collar, patent, August 15, 1905; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512846/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.