Show buggy
OwnerPatrick D. Yatesinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a buggy shaft for a four wheel show buggy which attaches the buggy to the horse by means of a ball joint rather than a clevis hinge. The shaft is formed of steel tubing through its main portion and has a cast aluminum distal end. The ball joint is resiliently loaded and the shafts are filled with plastic material to avoid noise generation and transmission. A harness cleat is mounted on the cast aluminum end for securing the harness to the shafts and a tug guide is provided on the main portion of the shaft to keep the tug lines in proper position. In a modified form the buggy is connected to the horse by a center shaft which mounts to the harness collar by a ball joint and is similarly mounted to the buggy. In this form the shaft is formed entirely of steel tubing.
Claims7
An improved buggy comprising:
- a chassis;
- an axle connected to said chassis;
- a pair of wheels connected to said axle;
- elongated shaft means having a proximal end disposed for interconnection with said buggy chassis and a distal end disposed for interconnection with the harness on a draft animal;
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- connector means interconnected with one of said ends of said shaft means for connecting said shaft means to said harness and said buggy chassis, said connector means including at least one universal joint having a steel ball, a socket disposed to receive said steel ball, a top opening in said socket, resilient means projecting into said socket through said top opening and engageable by said ball when disposed in said socket to urge said ball out of said socket, and releasable lock means interconnected with said socket and disposed to hold said ball in said socket against said resilient urging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.