Harness for attaching a horse to a vehicle

Claim 1

In the harness adapted to be worn by a horse for pulling a sulky, the harness comprising a central element for mounting on the horse''s back and a plurality of straps connected to the central element by buckles, the straps comprising superposed layers of leather and plastics material, the improvement that the buckles each comprise a body member having an elongated slot therein through which a double thickness of the strap may pass, two wings extending along the length of the slot and located one on each side of the slot, the wings diverging from each other in a direction away from the slot so as to define walls of a wedgeshaped cavity, the body member further carrying rigidly with it a guide bracket having two parallel limbs connected at one end to each other by a cross-piece and connected at their other ends to the body member with the limbs straddling the length of the slot; and including a slide member mounted on the limbs of the guide bracket and slidable along it, the slide member comprising a first elongated portion that has two holes therein each accommodating a limb of the guide bracket, and a second part of wedge shape that is solid with the first part and is located between the limbs of the guide bracket, such second part being adapted to extend into the wedge-shaped cavity between the wings of the body member and to lock against the walls of the cavity a strap that is threaded through the slot to pass over the slide member and return through the slot.