Spring Saddle
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
JOHN G. MANLOVE, OF BAINBRIDGE, OHIO
SPRING-SADDLE
Specification of Letters Patent No. 151, dated March 25, 1837.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN G. MANLOVE, of the town of Bainbridge, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Spring-Seat Saddle, and that the following is an exact description of the construction and operation as invented by me-to wit, a spring A, attached to the head of the tree by a screw C through the tree and gullet-plate; the spring from six to twelve inches long supported by from one to six stays to extend through an upright or horn B and to work on a brass roller D, to which the straining is attached, the spring from one-half to one inch wide and from one to three sixteenths of an inch thick; the upright or horn from three-quarters to one inch and a quarter wide and from two to six inches long attached to the head-plate of the tree, as per drawing herewith exhibited.
I claim as my improvement-
The combination of the spring with the horn or upright B and roller D substantially as above described.
JOHN G. MANLOVE
Witnesses:
M. GILLFILLAN
J. SHOOP
