Sulky
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Abstract
There is disclosed a sulky in which the coupling from the rails to the forks includes a shock-absorbing frictionally loaded lost-motion coupling which allows limited relative movement between the rails and the forks to reduce shock load transfer back and forth between the horse and the sulky, as well as reducing metal fatigue at high stress points.
Claims7
A sulky for carrying a rider behind a horse comprising a frame, a pair of wheels, a fork assembly for each wheel coupling the wheel to the frame, and a pair of substantially horizontal rails connected both to the frame and respective fork assemblies and adapted to embrace the flanks of the horse, the connection between the respective rails and fork assemblies including a frictionally loaded lost-motion coupling having means to stop the relative motion at predetermined distances to define the limits of the frictionally loaded lost motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.