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Harness for use in harness racing
Assignee: Pegase Saddlery Inc
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Filing: 2003-11-28
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Granted: 2005-11-22
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Expires: 2023-11-28
Abstract
Abstract A harness for horse racing has a back-engaging tree with an arched body shaped to fit across a horse's back, a pair of laterally-spaced fork members projecting downwardly from opposite sides of the arched body so as to extend downwardly on opposite sides of the horse's body when in use, and a pair of laterally-spaced independently resiliently deflectable spring members extending rearwardly from the arched body and shaped to confirm with the shape of a horse's back. A girth strap assembly is attached to the back-engaging tree, the girth strap assembly having shaft attachments on opposite sides thereof below the back-engaging tree for attaching the shafts of a sulky thereto.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernard Girault
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 13:52
CPC Classifications
B; B68; B68B; B68B3/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A harness for horse racing having: a back-engaging tree with an arched body shaped to fit across a horse's back, a pair of laterally-spaced fork members projecting downwardly from opposite sides of the arched body so as to extend downwardly on opposite sides of the horse's body when in use, and a pair of laterally-spaced independently resiliently deflectable spring members extending rearwardly from the arched body and shaped to conform with the shape of a horse's back, the spring members of the back-engaging tree having in plan view laterally-inner edges which are substantially parallel and laterally-outer edges which diverge in a curved manner from the arched body portion to a maximum just beyond half-way along their length and then converge towards their rear ends; and a girth strap assembly attached to the back-engaging tree, the girth strap assembly having shaft attachments on opposite sides thereof below the back-engaging tree for attaching the shafts of a sulky thereto.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
A harness for horse racing having: a back-engaging tree with an arched body shaped to fit across a horse's back, a pair of laterally-spaced fork members projecting downwardly from opposite sides of the arched body so as to extend downwardly on opposite sides of the horse's body when in use, and a pair of laterally-spaced independently resiliently deflectable spring members extending rearwardly from the arched body and shaped to conform with the shape of a horse's back, the spring members of the back-engaging tree having in plan view laterally-inner edges which are substantially parallel and laterally-outer edges which diverge in a curved manner from the arched body portion to a maximum just beyond half-way along their length and then converge towards their rear ends; and a girth strap assembly attached to the back-engaging tree, the girth strap assembly having shaft attachments on opposite sides thereof below the back-engaging tree for attaching the shafts of a sulky thereto.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A harness according to claim 1 wherein the spring members of the back-engaging tree have a lateral spacing causing at least laterally-inner rear-edge portions thereof to rest on the relevant vertebrae of a horse's back when in use.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A harness according to claim 1 wherein the spring members of the back-engaging tree have a length sufficient to extend along at least 8 vertebrae of a horse's back when in use.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
116 words
A harness for horse racing having: a back-engaging tree with an arched body shaped to fit across a horse's back, a pair of laterally-spaced fork members projecting downwardly from opposite sides of the arched body so as to extend downwardly on opposite sides of the horse's body when in use, and a pair of laterally-spaced independently resiliently deflectable spring members extending rearwardly from the arched body and shaped to conform with the shape of a horse's back, a girth strap assembly attached to the back-engaging tree, the girth strap assembly having shaft attachments on opposite sides thereof below the back-engaging tree for attaching the shafts of a sulky thereto, and a casing housing the back-engaging tree.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
116 words
A harness for horse racing having: a back-engaging tree with an arched body shaped to fit across a horse's back, a pair of laterally-spaced fork members projecting downwardly from opposite sides of the arched body so as to extend downwardly on opposite sides of the horse's body when in use, and a pair of laterally-spaced independently resiliently deflectable spring members extending rearwardly from the arched body and shaped to conform with the shape of a horse's back, a girth strap assembly attached to the back-engaging tree, the girth strap assembly having shaft attachments on opposite sides thereof below the back-engaging tree for attaching the shafts of a sulky thereto, and a casing housing the back-engaging tree.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A harness according to claim 4 wherein the casing has a rear extension to which the rear portion of a hobble assembly is securable.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A harness and sulky assembly including a harness as claimed in claim 1 and a sulky having a pair of laterally-spaced forwardly-projecting shafts with front end portions attached to the shaft attachments of the harness.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
55 words
A harness and sulky assembly including a harness as claimed in claim 5 and a sulky having a pair of laterally-spaced forwardly-projecting shafts with front end portions attached to the shaft attachments of the harness and a hobble assembly having a rear portion attached to the rear extension of the casing of the back-engaging tree.
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