Patent Application
20150307343
The disclosure relates to protective devices and more particularly pertains to a new protective device for covering and protecting the sides of an equine from rubbing by legs or spurs during horse riding activities.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a band having a first end, a second end, and a pair of longitudinal sides extending between the first end and the second end. A fastener is coupled to the band adjacent to the first end. The fastener is engageable to the band as the band is extended around an equine securing the band around a back, barrel, and flanks of the equine. A loop is coupled to the band and positioned on a side of the band wherein the loop receives therethrough a strap securing a saddle to the equine.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Each of a pair of loops 42 is coupled to the band 12. Each of the loops 42 is positioned on a respective side 44 of the band 12 wherein each loop 42 is configured for receiving therethrough a respective strap 46 securing a saddle 48 to the equine 26. Each loop 42 is coupled to the first face 20 of the band 12 to face outwardly from the equine 26. The strap 46 extending through the loop 42 may be part of a girth, as in Australian or English saddles, or cinch, as commonly found in western saddles. Thus, the device 10 may be used with both types of saddles. The band 12 is constructed of a durable material conventionally known to resist wear and inhibit transference of friction on the first face 20 of the band 12 to the equine 26 through the band 12. The band 12 is further constructed of a conventionally known flexible material wherein the band 12 transmits pressure placed on the first face 20 of the band 12 to the equine 26 through the band 12 such that the equine 26 is protected but remains responsive to sensory input delivered by a foot of a rider while riding.
In use, the band 12 is secured to the equine 26 and the saddle 48 is secured to the equine 26 over the band 12. The equine 26 is then ridden in normal fashion while the device 10 protects the flanks 32 as the equine 26 is ridden.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
