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US 6,178,652 B2Granted
Measuring apparatus
OwnerAndrew John Fosterinventor
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Apparatus 10 for measuring the head of a horse 12 incorporates various components, such as cheek straps 14, each of which is movable (slidable) relative to another component in order to produce an overall desired fit of the apparatus 10, which is generally in the form of a bridle, to the head 12. Once the desired fit has been achieved, windows 16 and numerals 18 allow measurements to be taken, indicating the relative positions of the slidable components. These measurements may give direct measurements of the lengths required of various components of the bridle to be made, or may be other measurements from which strap lengths can be deduced. The apparatus 10 generally resembles the bridle which will be constructed, and thus allows the user to ensure a good fit to a particular head (which is partly an aesthetic judgement, and partly based on measurement and experience), so that a bridle can then be made with reasonable confidence that it will be a good fit.
Horse head measuring apparatus comprising two movable components that are movable relative to one another to produce a desired fit of the apparatus relative to the head, and measuring means operable to provide a measurement of the relative positions of said components, said measuring means comprising indicia on one of said components and indicator means on the other of said components, said indicator means serving, in use, to indicate one of said indicia as said measurement, and said indicator means comprising two apertures in said other component, said one component being threaded through both said apertures and in opposite senses, said one component being thereby visible between said apertures and obscured by said other component to either side of said apertures, and wherein the apparatus is in the form of a bridle.
A method of measuring a horses's head, comprising:
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