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Holdback for Vehicle-Thills.

Description: Patent for a "simple, inexpensive, and efficient" (lines 12-13) thill. A portion of the harness usually required is not necessary with this thill, and the horse cannot kick an occupant of the vehicle.
Date: March 2, 1897
Creator: Mays, Livingston M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thill Carrier for Harness.

Description: Patent for a new and improved thill-carrier for harnesses. This design utilizes a loop or ring, and "[b]y this construction of the thill-carriers it will be seen that the trouble and annoyance of running the thills into and backing them out of the thill-carriers are entirely overcome, and by means of the loops or rings . . . the thills are perfectly confined in the carriers . . . [they] may be made very cheap, and also very ornamental to the harness" (lines 66-76).
Date: March 13, 1883
Creator: Hake, Francis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thill Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for thills. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the clip having the ears provided with the openings of the draft-iron having the eye at its inner end adapted to be inserted between the ears of the clip and having the transverse central opening" (lines 94-98). Further, it has "the coupling-bolt having the inclined shoulder and the nut provided with the [other] inclined shoulder and the sleeves having the inclined inner ends adapted to enter theā€¦ more
Date: March 1, 1887
Creator: Findley, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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