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US 5,383,327 AGranted
Therapeutic saddle for handicapped persons
OwnerGuy V. Dohlninventor
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Abstract
A handicapped person's or child's restraining saddle having a quick-release feature that permits release of a waist belt, a chest strap, and a backrest. The quick-release is a hitch pin that passes through grommets in the belt and strap and then through a pair of aligned apertures in mating square tubes affixing the backrest to the saddle.
Claims16
A restraining saddle for handicapped persons comprising:
- a. a seat having a pommel on a forward end and a cantle on a back end;
- b. a pair of vertical structural members affixed to a back jockey behind the seat cantle;
- c. a pair of padded backrests removably affixed to the vertical structural members by a pair of pin means;
- d. a pair of waist belts removably affixed to the vertical structural members by the pair of pin means;
- e. a padded chest pad having a bottom portion affixed to the pair of waist belts and having a pair of chest straps, a chest strap first end removably affixed to a top portion of the chest pad;
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- f. a second end of the chest straps removably affixed to the pair of pin means, wherein removal of a pin from the pin means releases the waist belts, the chest straps, and the backrests, thereby releasing a rider.
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A restraining saddle for handicapped persons comprising:
- a. a seat having a pommel on a forward end and a cantle on a back end;
- b. a pair of vertical square tubes affixed to a back jockey behind the seat cantle;
- c. a pair of padded backrests, each having a larger square tube protruding therefrom, removably affixed to the vertical square tubes by a pair of pin means further comprising:
- i. a push button hitch pin;
- ii. an aperture in each vertical square tube;
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- iii. an aligning aperture in each larger square tube such that the hitch pin can be inserted through the larger square tube aperture and the vertical square tube aperture, thereby locking the tubes together;
- d. a pair of waist belts removably affixed to each pin means;
- e. a padded chest pad having a bottom portion affixed to each waist belt and having a pair of chest straps with chest strap first ends removably affixed to a top portion of the chest pad;
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- f. second ends of the chest straps removably affixed to the pin means, wherein removal of the hitch pin from the pin means releases each waist belt, the chest straps, and the backrests, thereby releasing a rider.
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A restraining saddle harness for handicapped persons comprising:
- a. a seat having a pommel on a forward end and a cantle on a back end;
- b. a pair of vertical structural members affixed to a back jockey behind the seat cantle;
- c. a pair of padded backrests removably affixed to the vertical structural members by a pair of pin means;
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- d. a waist belt removably affixed to the pair of pin means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.