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US 5,148,656 AGranted
Training reins
AssigneeMiller Harness Company, Inc.
InventorRobert C. Meaghan
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AssigneeMiller Harness Company, Inc.
InventorRobert C. Meaghan
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Horse riding reins to facilitate the manipulation of a horse by a rider. The reins can be employed in training a rider or a horse, or simply to facilitate the maneuvering of a horse by a rider. The reins provide readily perceptible and identifiable indicia at corresponding locations from the bit so that a rider is able to properly position his hands on the reins to manipulate the horse in the desired manner. The readily perceptible and identifiable indicia can be utilized by an instructor to immediately and clearly instruct a trainee as to the proper positioning of the trainee's hands to control the horse in the desired fashion, or by the trainer to distinguish various tensions on the reins when getting a particular response from a horse. A rider can thus readily appreciate the proper hand positioning and corresponding feel to control the horse in such desired fashion. A set of labels having identifying indicia thereon is also disclosed for permanent or removeable attachment to a set of reins in accordance with a disclosed method, to thereby provide the features described above.
A set of reins attachable to a bit on a horse to thereby form a loop having a first side and a second side, each of which sides having at least two gripping sections to be held by a rider, each gripping section having identifying indicia to enable a rider to locate a desired gripping section while riding the horse, said identifying indicia being readily recognizable by a rider so that the rider can discern gripping sections from one another or other sections of said reins.
A method of controlling and maneuvering a horse, said method comprising the steps of:
A set of reins attachable to a bit on a horse to thereby form a loop having a right side and a left side, said right and left sides each having at least first and second identifying indicia, said first and second identifying indicia on the right and left sides together defining a first set and a second set of identifying indicia on the reins, said first and second sets being sequentially disposed to identify different areas of said reins, the identifying indicia of each respective set being substantially identical to one another, yet each set of identifying indicia being discernable from other sets of identifying indicia, and said identifying indicia being readily recognizable by a rider so that the rider can discern one set of identifying indicia from another set of identifying indicia, to thereby facilitate the proper positioning of the rider's hands on said reins in accordance with said identifying indicia.
A method of making a set of reins which can facilitate changes in the positioning of a rider's hands while riding, said method comprising the steps of providing a set of reins which is attachable to a bit on a horse, providing at least one pair of labels having identifying indicia which are readily recognizable by a rider, attaching one of the at least one pair of labels to a first side of the set of reins and attaching the other of the at least one pair of labels to a second side of the set of reins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.