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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE IH. NICHOLLS, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
STRAP AND BUCKLE SHIELD.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,158, dated February 24, 1891.
Application filed October 16,1890, Serial No, 368,282. (No model,)To all whom it 7cay conceri'w
Be it known that I, GEORGE H. NICHOLLS,
Of Galveston, in the county of Galveston and
State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
5 ful Improvement in Strap and Buckle Shields,
of which the following is a full, clear, and ex-
act description.
The object of this invention is to provide
harness-buckles or other buckles which are
io liable to chafe engaged straps with an ad-
justable shield or strap-protector, which will
effectually prevent wear on the strap which
usually results from the action of the buckle.
To this end my invention consists in the
15 construction of an adjustable shield or wear-
plate and its combination with a harness or
other strap, as is hereinafter described and
claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
20 drawings, forming a part of this specification,
in which similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in both the figures.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device
in position on a harness-strap and engaged by
25 a buckle, that is also connected to the strap.
Fig. 2 is a view of the device detached.
The improvement consists, essentially, of
an elongated metallic plate A, made of pro-
portionate width and length to suit the strap
30 and buckle it engages. Said plate or" shield,"
as it is preferably designated, is made par-
allel on its side edges and of proper thick-
ness to withstand the wear and strain it will
receive in service. The width between the
35 side edges of the shield A should be so pro-
portioned to the strap it is to protect that
the margins of the straps and edges of the
shield will lie in the same planes, respectively.
Near the transverse center of the shield A
40 the longitudinal slot a is formed, of properlength and width to admit the tongue b of a
buckle B and allow it to freely vibrate there-
in. The shield is movably secured on the
strap it is to engage by the clasping limbs c,
that are formed on the side edges of the shield 45
oppositely and near each end of the same.
These limbs, having their free ends bent to-
ward each other in pairs, are thus adapted to
clasp a strap C near its edges and retain the
shield in sliding connection therewith. 50
The preferred use for the improved strap
protector or shield is in connection with har-
ness-straps used to support the thills of vehi-
cles or the shafts of carts or drays, where
great chafing action is caused by the cross- 55
bar d of the buckle B when in service and
pressed upon by the tongue b.
It will be evident that when the shield A is
located on the strap C so that the cross-bar
d will rest upon the shield A all- strain and 6o
rubbing action of said cross-bar is imposed
upon the shield, and the strap thus protected
from wear that would ordinarily result from
a direct contact with the buckle.
Having thus described my invention, I 65
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
A strap-shield composed of a flat elongated
plate having parallel side edges, a slot longi-
tudinally formed in said plate near its trans- 70
verse center, and two pairs of limbs projected
in the same direction from the side edges of
the plate and bent toward each other in pairs
to loosely clasp a strap, substantially as set
forth.
GEORGE H. NICHOLLS.
Witnesses:
FRED W. FISKETT,
E. N. HOLLAND.
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Nicholls, George H. Strap and Buckle Shield., patent, February 24, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172620/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.