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US 9,315,374 B2Granted
Adjustable frame for a riding saddle that does not require disassembly
OwnerMichel Merlin, Guadalupe Martiarena +1inventors
InventorsMichel Merlin, Guadalupe Martiarena, Norberto José Di Ciancia
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Abstract
The adjustable frame for a riding saddle includes a saddle tree arranged on a portion of a riding saddle and having two longitudinal arms and at least one rotatable continuous part, passing through the saddle tree. An upper portion of the rail is easily accessible without requiring the disassembly of any component. The opening and closing of the reinforcement parts of the saddle tree, that are driven by the rotatable continuous part using a simple Allen wrench, are enabled.
Claims13
A frame for a riding saddle, comprising:
- a saddle tree being comprised of an inverted V-shaped body with lower ends forming an angle of opening and having a tapped hole at a top of said inverted V-shaped body;
- an adjusting part passing through said tapped hole and being comprised of an upper portion and a lower portion fixedly mounted to said upper portion, said upper portion having a threaded part in threaded engagement with said tapped hole, said lower portion having a recess;
- at least one driven reinforcement, each driven reinforcement being comprised of a lower end engaging a respective lower end of said saddle tree, and an upper end engaging said lower portion of said adjusting part,
- wherein said upper end of said at least one driven reinforcement has a roller releasably engaging said upper end with said recess, and
- wherein movement of said upper portion of said adjusting part by threaded engagement to said tapped hole corresponds to movement of said lower portion,
- wherein movement of said lower portion by contacting said lower portion to each upper end of said at least one driven reinforcement corresponds to movement of each respective lower end of said saddle tree so as to set said angle of opening of said saddle tree;
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- a rear portion connected to said saddle tree by two longitudinal arms.
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