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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JACOB 31. FLEMING, OF RIPLEY, TEXAS.
SCREEN FOR VEHICLES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,203, dated May 19, 1896.
Application filed January 29,1896. Serial No, 577,279 (No modeI.)To all whion it 7nacy con0ernL:
Be it known that I, JACOB M1. FLEING, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Rip-
ley, in the county of Titus and State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful Im-
provemenents in Screens, of which the follow-
ing is a specification, reference being had
therein to the accompanying drawings.
This invention relates to an improvement
io in screens adapted to hide the hind parts of
horses from the sight of occupants of vehicles,
and it is embodied in the construction and
arrangement of parts, as more fully herein-
after described, and set forth in the claims.
15 The aim and purpose of the invention is to
produce a screen to obscure a horse's rear
quarters from view.
Another and important object of the inven-
tion is to form the device of light material,
20 yet retaining the requisite strength for dura-
bility, at the same time permitting of nu-
merous adjustments, and one which can be
cheaply manufactured.
The device also serves to hold the reins be-
25 yond the range of the horse's tail.
The objects above stated are attained by
the construction shown in the accompanying
drawings,wherein like characters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in the several
30 views, and in which-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device
as applied to the thills of a vehicle. Fig. 2
is a vertical central sectional view. Fig. 3is
a front elevation of the device, and Fig. 4 is
35 a view showing the cross-rods in detail.
In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated
my invention, the letter A designates the
thills of a buggy or other vehicle. Extend-
ing upward from the shafts or thills A are the
40 standards B B', removably attached to the
thills by the clamps C C' and connected at or
near their upper ends by the cross brace-rods
bi'. These brace-rods serve to prevent the
standards from spreading apart or approach-
45 ing each other. .
By forming the uprights or standards B B'
of light metal rods, as I preferably do, and
circular in cross-section a very neat and at-
tractive support for the screen is produced
50 without in any manner impairing the requi-
site strength. At the base of the standardsare the flat offset feet b b', with which the
clamps C C' engage.
D designates a cross-rod of substantially
the same diameter as the uprights. This rod 55
is provided at its ends with the eyes d and is
slidingly connected to the uprights B. By this
means the rod maybe vertically adjusted and
held in such position by the set-screws d'.
In proximity to the upper ends of the stand- 60o
ards B is a rod D', secured in substantially
the same manner as the rod D. This rod D'
is, however, of a slightly-modified form, being
bent substantially upward and outward at
each end, forming the retaining portions d^, 65
for purposes presently to be disclosed.
At the upper ends of the standards B' is
adjustably connected thereto the cross-rod D1
of the same construction as the rod D'.
The screen E consists of suitable flexible 70
material, such as leather or fabric. It is
suitably secured at one end, preferably by
stitching, to the rod D, carried up and over
the rod D' and secured to the forward rod D2
at its opposite end, the raised portions dc d3 75
holding the screen in proper position and pre-
venting all lateral movement thereof.
It is clearly obvious that the device when
properly adjusted and placed on the thills in
advance of the singletree obscures the rear So
of the horse from view.
I am aware that dashboards have hereto-
fore been constructed to extend forward and
over the horse, but such constructions are
expensive. There are other disadvantages, S5
one of which is that in traveling over uneven
ground or roads the dashboard very fre-
quently comes into contact with the animal,
often resulting in serious accidents and dam-
age by "runaways." By my construction all 90
such disadvantages are overcome, as by plac-
ing the screen on the shafts the same is kept
in substantially uniform relation to the horse's
body.
Another advantage is that it is only neces- 95
sary to remove the clamps when it is desired
to transfer the screen to another set of thills,
the operation requiring but a few moments.
A device constructed as shown and herein
described is clearly susceptible of numerous ioc
adjustments to enable the same to be used
in connection with horses of varying heights.
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Fleming, John M. Screen for Vehicles, patent, May 19, 1896; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174282/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.