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bers and the ends of the traces of the harness
carried by the horses are properly attached
to the swingle trees in the well known man-
ner.
5 The detachable pole or neck yoke 10 is
provided with two depending intermediate
rings 11, the distance between said rings be-
ing approximately the same distance as the
space between the terminal ends of the shaft
10 members 4, whereby the latter are freely re-
ceived by said rings when the said pole or
yoke member is placed in its proper position
upon the shafts in a manner previously re-
ferred to. The pole or neck yoke .10 is
15 also provided with three additional rings
12, which are secured to said pole at right
angles to the rings 11 previously referred
to, and in such a manner as to normally
assume a transverse position to the rings
20 11, the rings 12 being employed to properly
attach the throat straps leading from the
collar of the harness when the horses are
properly hitched to the equalizer.
All of the rings referred to are movably
25 secured to the pole or neck yoke 10 in a simi-
lar manner and therefore I shall only pro-
ceed to describe one of said rings together
with the combined staple and securing band
which I employ in carrying out my inven-
30 tion.
Referring particularly to Figs. 4, 5 and
6 of the drawings, 13 represents a single
piece of metal folded upon itself and provid-
infi an eye 14 for movably receiving the ring.
35 One end of the staple thus formed being
considerably longer than the other as clearly
shown in Fig. 6, which long end is adapted
to be bent to encircle the pole in a binding
position. In practice an opening is formed
40 through the pole or neck yoke 10 for freely
receiving the staple thus formed to the eye
14 of the same, in which operation the end
of the short arm of the staple will project a
sufficient distance beyond the pole to be
45 formed in the shape of a hook 15, after
which the long arm 16 is bent in the direc-tion as shown by the arrow in Fig. 6 to
cause the same to encircle the said pole in
a binding position, the end of the long arm
being bent around the hooked projecting 5o
end of the short arm 17 whereby the parts
are thoroughly clamped and drawn into po-
sition and interlocked in a very practical
manner.
By referring particularly to Fig. 4 of the 55
drawings, it will be seen that when the pole
10 is in its proper position upon the shaft
members and draft brought to bear upon
said pole, the latter will be forced into fric-
tional contact with the upper edges of the 60
shaft members whereby the parts are held
in a locked position with respect to one an-
other and preventing accidental displace-
ment after the horses are properly harnessed
and hitched on either side and between the 65
shaft members.
From the foregoing description it will
be apparent that the operation of my inven-
tion is very simple and clear, and further I
do not wish to limit myself to the precise 70
construction of the parts as herein shown
and described as the same may be varied
slightly without departing from the nature
of my invention.
What is claimed is: 75
In combination with a pole or neck yoke
having an opening formed therethrough, a
combined staple and band formed from a
single piece of metal and folded upon itself
and having an eye portion, one of said arms 80
being longer than the other and bent around
in a binding position upon the pole and hav-
ing its free end interlocking with the hooked
shaped end of the short arm of the staple
and a ring movably secured by the eye thus 85
formed.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature,
in presence of two witnesses.
JOHN BARRY, JR.
Witnesses:
A. BLACK,
M. N. RIDDLE.0
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Barry, John, Jr. Detachable Neck Yoke, patent, May 10, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513643/m1/4/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.