Saddles

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel containing a plurality of sealed air bags and, at a side of the air bags remote from a horse, a packing capable of adjustment, a separate said air bag being at least in a forward part and a rearward part of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, each air bag being substantially flat and being substantially filled within its interior with a resiliently compressible open cell foam, wherein each said bag comprises opposed layers of sheet material sealed together at adjacent edges such that air at substantially atmospheric pressure is enclosed within the bag.

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel containing a plurality of sealed air bags and, at a side of the air bags remote from a horse, a packing capable of adjustment, a separate said air bag being at least in a forward part and a rearward part of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, each air bag being substantially flat and being substantially filled within the interior with a resiliently compressible open cell foam, wherein each bag is filled with air at substantially atmospheric pressure.

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel containing a plurality of sealed air bags and, at a side of the air bags remote from a horse, a packing capable of adjustment, a separate said air bag being at least in a forward part and rearward part of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, each air bag being substantially flat and being substantially filled within its interior with a resiliently compressible open cell foam, and the bags within each panel being formed into a single unit for insertion into the panel, wherein said air bags are positioned in said panel to provide a forward, intermediate, and rear air bag in end-to-end relation.

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel containing a plurality of sealed air bags and, at a side of the air bags remote from a horse, a packing capable of adjustment, a separate said air bag being at least in a forward part and a rearward part of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, each air bag being substantially flat and being substantially filled within its interior with a resiliently compressible open cell foam, and the bags within each panel being formed into a single unit of insertion into the panel, wherein the air bags are arranged in the panel to provide a forward and rear air bag in end-to-end relation.

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel carrying a plurality of sealed air bags at an underside thereof, and a lining layer of a side of the air bags adjacent a horse, a separate said air bag being at least at a forward part and a rearward pat of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, each air bag being substantially flat and being substantially filled within its interior with resiliently coresessible open cell foam, wherein each said bag comprises opposed layer of sheet material sealed together at adjacent edges such that air at substantially atmospheric pressure is enclosed within the bag.

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel carrying a plurality of sealed air bags at an underside thereof, and a lining layer at a side of the air bags adjacent to a horse, a separate said air bag being at least at a forward part and a rearward part of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, each air bag being substantially flat and being substantially filled within its interior with resiliently compressible open cell foam, wherein each bag is filled with air at substantially atmospheric pressure.

A saddle for use, the saddle having panels, each panel carrying a plurality of sealed air bags at an underside thereof, and a lining layer at a side of air bags adjacent a horse, a separate said air bag being at least at a forward part and a rearward part of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, each air bag being substantially flat and being substantially filled within its interior with resiliently compressible open cell foam, and the bags associated with each panel being formed into a single unit for mounting to the panel, wherein the air bags are arranged to provide a forward and rear air bag in end-to-end relation.

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel carrying a plurality of sealed air bags at an underside thereof, and lining layer at a side of the air bags adjacent a horse, a separate said air bag being at least at a forward and a rearward part of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, wherein the lining is attached to an underside of the panel in a zone thereof outside of a zone occupied by the air bags.

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel continuing a plurality of sealed air bags and, at a side of the air bags remote from a horse, a packing capable of adjustment, a separate said air bag being at least in a forward part and a rearward part of the panel and each bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse, each air bag being substantially flat and being substantially filled within its interior with a resiliently compressible open cell foam, wherein each said bag comprises opposed layers of sheet material sealed together at adjacent edges such that air at substantially atmospheric pressure is enclosed within the bag, and wherein adjacent side walls of adjacent bags are in abutting engagement to substantially prevent discontinuity of pressure application to the back of the horse in the transition between adjacent bags.

A saddle for equestrian use, said saddle comprising a tree with elongate tree bars extending along opposite sides of the tree and opposed panels each mounted to a respective one of the tree bars such that loading from the tree is applied to the panels via the tree bars, each panel carrying a plurality of sealed air bags at an underside thereof, and a lining layer at a side of the air bags adjacent a horse, a separate said air bag being at least at a forward part and a rearward part of the panel and each air bag in use serving to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse consequent on the loading applied to the panel by the associated tree bar, wherein the air bags are applied to a zone of the underside of the panel corresponding to a zone of the upper side of the panel to which loading is applied by the associated tree bar.

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle having panels, each panel carrying a plurality of air bags at an underside thereof and lying adjacent a part of each panel which contacts the back of a horse whereby the bags provide a padding effect to distribute to the back of the horse the loading arising in use of the saddle, each air bag being of a material which is substantially impervious to passage of air therethrough, each air bag being substantially flat and being filled with a predetermined volume of air at substantially atmospheric pressure at the time of manufacture without the need for inflation to a higher pressure for usage of the air bags, and each air bag being substantially filled within its interior with a resiliently compressible open cell foam, whereby the padding effect of the air bag in use of the saddle is provided by the combined effects of the air sealed within the bag and the foam filling.

A saddle for equestrian use, the saddle comprising a tree with elongate tree bars extending along opposite sides of the tree, and opposed panels mounted to a respective one of the tree bars such that loading from the tree is applied to the panels via the tree bars, each panel carrying a plurality of air bags at an underside thereof whereby the bags provide a padding effect to distribute to the back of a horse loading arising in use of the saddle, each air bag being of a material which is substantially impervious to passage of air therethrough, each air bag being substantially flat and being filled with a predetermined volume of air at substantially atmospheric pressure at the time of manufacture without the need for inflation to a higher pressure for usage of the air bags, and each air bag being substantially filled within its interior with a resiliently compressible open cell foam, whereby the padding effect of the air bag in use of the saddle is provided by the combined effects of the air sealed within the bag and the foam filling.