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Patented April 12, 1904.
UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN A. CLARY, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD
TO HARD BUTLER, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
CHECKREIN ATTACHMENT.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,092, dated April 12, 1904.
Application filed July 29, 1903. Serial No. 167,372, (No model)1o all whom it rMay concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN A. CLARY, a citizen
of the United States, residing at Fort Worth,
Texas, have invented a new and Improved
5 Checkrein Attachment, of which the following
is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements for
checkreins; and the object is to provide an at-
tachment which will prevent the breaking of
zo the checkreins.
Horses frequently stumble, and the stum-
bling causes the horses to throw their heads
downward. If the checkrein is on the check-
hook when a horse thus throws his head down-
15 ward, the checkrein is generally broken, be-
cause something must give way. Various ef-
forts have been made for remedying this de-
fect in harness; but there does not seem to be
any effective or satisfactory remedy on the
20 market. I have provided a checkrein-release
whereby nothing will be broken, the release
simply slipping off the check-hook under ab-
normal strain. Other objects and advantages
will be fully explained in the following de-
25 scription, and the invention will be more par-
ticularly pointed out in the claims.
Reference is had to the accompanying draw-
ings, which form a part of this application and
- specification.
30 Figure 1 is a side elevation of a-checkrein-
release applied to a check-hook. Fig. 2 is a
plan view of the "release. Figs. 3 and 4 show
variations in the release, the views being plan
views.
35 Similar characters of reference are used to
'indicate the same parts throughout the sev-
eral views.
The improved checkrein-release consists of
a single piece of wire bent to form a check-
40 rein-loop A and then twisted, preferably once,
and the arms a and b bent in a suitable curve
to form spring-arms to engage the check-
hook D. The release is permanently attached
to the checkrein B. The release, as shown in
45 Figs. 1 and 2, has the spring-arms a and b
coming together with abutting ends closing a
loop to engage the hook D. The arms a and
b have sufficient strength to hold the hook D
within the loop against the ordinary pull
50 which a horse makes on the checkrein; but un-
der abnormal strain the arms a and b willspring apart enough to release the hook D
without breaking anything, and the release
can be hooked on the hook again with very lit-
tle loss of time.55
In Fig. 3 is shown a release having the ends
of the arms a and b passing each other slightly.
The operation of the release will be the same.
In Fig. 4 is shown a release having a vari-
ation in the loop for the hook. The loop E 6o
for engaging the checkrein is provided with
the spring-arms c and d.
The releases shown in the various views op-
erate in a similar manner. The spring-arms
of each must be made strong enough to pre- 65
vent the release of the hook under ordinary
service of checking the horse, but must be
sufficiently yielding to prevent the breaking
of the checkrein.
Having fully described my invention, what 70
I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters
Patent, is
1. As a new article of manufacture the here-
in-described checkrein - release comprising a
single piece of spring-wire bent at the central 75
part to form a loop for attaching the check-
rein and having the ends bent to form an eye
for the checkrein-hook and having the termi-
nals thereof pressing together.
2. A checkrein-rel ease comprising a spring- 8o
wire having a closed loop formed in the cen-
tral part thereof for engaging a checkrein and
having the terminals thereof bent to form an
eye for the check-hook and pressing against
each other thereby adapting said eye to be 85
opened under abnormal strain to release the
check-hook.
3. A checkrein-release comprising a wire
bent to form a loop at the central part thereof
for engaging a checkrein and having the arms 90
extending from said loop twisted and bent to
form an eye for engaging the check-hook, the
terminals thereof being lapped together and
capable of being sprung open to release the
check-hook under abnormal strain. 95
In testimony whereof I set my hand, in the
presence of two witnesses, this 22d day of
July, 1903.
JOHN A. CLARY.
Witnesses:
- A. L. JACKSON,
J. W. STITT.N~o. 757, 092.
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Clary, John A. Checkrein Attachment, patent, April 12, 1904; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514261/m1/2/?q=%22Agriculture+-+Domestic+Animals+-+Horses+-+Tack%22: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.