French-style double bridle

Abstract

Double training aid, French style. The invention relates to a double training aid device that lowers, raises, and restrains the horse's back, for the training, dressage, straightening, and handling of equines, and more generally for training riders in the principles of horsemanship and horsemanship. The invention is characterized by its ease of use, allowing the three aforementioned effects to be achieved, together or separately, solely through the action of the rider's wrists.

Description

Title of the invention: French-style double reining technical field

[0001] French-style training aid system for training, dressage, straightening, driving equines and more generally for training riders in the principles of riding and working with horses. Previous technique

[0002] Several sliding reins systems are known and used in the field of horse riding and horse training.

[0003] These are, for the most commonly used:

[0004] - sliding reins for lowering the neck, known as "German reins" or "reins to bring back" [Fig.l];

[0005] - sliding reins for raising the neck, known as "Colbert" reins [Fig. 1], and their equivalent to the "Polo net" or "gag" or "lifting net" [Fig.3];

[0006] -of the "controlled gogue" training aid, flexor of the neck, and to some extent lowerer of the neck [Fig.2].

[0007] These various auxiliary means have the advantage of precisely counteracting certain resistances of support, maintenance, attitude and conduct that the animal manifests in and through its neck during its training and use. These resistances allow him to oppose the rider's will.

[0008] The purpose of these devices is to orient the neck during work, in the direction of a "correct placement", the very one which allows the actions of the reins to "transfer", that is to say to act on the whole body of the animal, to modify its momentum, its gait, its direction. [Technical problem]

[0009] Their limit of effectiveness becomes apparent when the animal, understanding the system to which it is subjected (a one-way system because it always applies in the same way, in the same direction), ceases to resist it, adapts to it, and adopts the corresponding behavior, thus entering another phase of resistance, another fault, the opposite one. For the state of correct posture implies a balance of the forces of raising and lowering the neck, taken in its broadest sense, which can be defined by the correct maintenance of the "front end" (shoulders, neck, muzzle). Description of the invention

[0010] The invention consists of combining the effects of a "Colbert reins" type lifting rein with those of a "German reins" type lowering rein by means of a system of handles allowing the rider, through the easy movement of their wrists and arms, to obtain each effect independently (lowering and lifting), as well as to switch from one effect to the other instantly and smoothly, to quickly modify false attitudes, to combine the two sliding effects to create a third with a double effect "corrective of attitude, of bending and of restraint", possibly reinforced.

[0011] It is the ease in applying the various corrective oppositions of resistances that allows the horse to be shown the posture that is expected of it, to make it accept obedience to all impulsive aids and thus contribute to facilitating its physical and psychological preparation to bear and obey the aids of a rider initiated in the art of riding.

[0012] [Detailed description] The training aid consists of four parts connected by sturdy buckles, rings, and darts. It is made of a strap, which can be of varying thickness, of a material sufficiently resistant to breakage, stretching, and exposure to the animal's sweat (for example, chrome-tanned leather 3 to 3.5 mm thick, brass roller buckles 14 to 20 mm long, and corresponding rings) (see diagram [Fig. 4]).

[0013] The various parts are assembled according to the rules of saddlery (traditional hand-sewn saddlery, use of rot-proof nylon thread).

[0014] The training aid has two adjustment systems: • the first one, located at the nape of the animal's neck, allows the lifting device to be adjusted; it can be supplemented by a small strap to secure it to the bridle's headpiece. [Fig.4], elements designated by A, A' and L); • the second one located near the ars (between the two front legs of the horse, under the chest), connected to the girth allows the lowering device to be adjusted [Fig.4], elements designated by E and F).

[0015] The aim is to balance the two lengths correctly so that the rider's hand rests approximately in the middle of one of the handles, with the horse in the correct frame position. This optimizes the rider's wrist movement during use.

[0016] For greater safety, the part of the straps forming the reins and intended to slide in the rings of the net must be made in one piece and have no defects, no joints that could hinder sliding.

[0017] The connection to the strap consists of a loop-shaped piece equipped with a ring and optionally a sliding loop which allows it to be held by tightening on the strap when unsaddling (and to avoid losing it).

[0018] A piece (approximately twenty centimeters long) is attached to this ring, having at one end a quick-release carabiner (of the "firefighter" type, for example) and at the other end two or simply an adjustment loop and its possible loops, intended to receive the two parts together. German reins. These, in the case of the choice of thin straps which are not very suitable for perforation without being too weakened, can be fixed on a ring as well as a small wider length "adjustment" slack, the whole then forming a Y at the level of the chest. ([Fig.4], elements B, B' and E assembled in a Y).

[0019] The left and right "handles" constituting the reins are joined together at their top by a fixed or sliding connection (equipped with two rings), a snap hook, or a strap and a loop (as an example), which allows them to be quickly separated as well as assembled and also to be placed on the neck.

[0020] Each right and left constituent element of the reins is symmetrical and superimposable on the other, and depending on the case, has two to four "handles" (depending on the size of the animal) spaced so that there is sufficient play to switch from one effect to the other (raising or lowering) regardless of the choice of adjustment considered.

[0021] The most suitable mouthpieces for receiving it are: • a one-piece (unbroken) training net, and equipped with a large bridge, two large side rings (to hold it in place in the mouth and protected by a soft rubber-type material at the point resting on the bars; • either a simple net with one or two breaks and also equipped with large rings.

[0022] The noseband must clear the corners of the lips to avoid any pinching and must therefore be placed quite high on the chamfer, especially if it is of the "French" type. Finally, for greater effectiveness in managing "loose" horses (those that avoid direct contact with the reins), a pair of short reins with snap hooks should be added so as not to interfere with the double sliding reins. These reins will be attached either to the bridle or to the rings of a cavesson. The cavesson helps to counteract horses that try to push the hand away and, in doing so, become unbalanced on their forehand. [Fig. 6] and [Fig. 7]. Brief description of the drawings

[0023] Fig. 1 (previous technique: lowering reins, the Colbert reins), Fig. 2 (previous technique: lowering reins, the gogue) and Fig. 3 (previous technique: raising reins) are taken from the book Encyclopédie du Cheval by MARCENAC Louis-Noël, AUBLET Henri and d'AUTHEVILLE Pierre, 1974, illustrations by CHAMBRY Pierre, MALOINE editions.

[0024] They present the main training systems that exist and are used today to influence the attitude of the horse.

[0025] The devices shown in [Fig. 1] and [Fig. 2] are training aids "Lowerers" only: the various sliding effects cause the horse's neck to lower when the rider pulls on the reins.

[0026] Conversely, the devices shown in [Fig.3] are so-called "lifting" reins only: the rider's traction on the reins causes the horse's head and neck to be raised.

[0027] Fig. 4 presents a descriptive diagram of the different elements composing the invention, designated by letters, which can be found in Fig. 8, in a situation placed on a horse.

[0028] Figure 5 shows the so-called "French-style" rein grip of the handles of the invention, hence its name. By using the wrist and arms, the rider can raise (tilt the wrist backward) or lower (tilt the wrist forward).

[0029] Figures [Fig. 6] and [Fig. 7] present two variants of association of the training aid with normal reins on a cavesson [Fig. 6] or on the bridle [Fig. 7], in order to facilitate the channeling of the horse: the double training aid acting on the attitude, and the single reins intended to act on the steering.

Claims

Claims

1. Double reins system for training, dressing, straightening and driving equines comprising a lowering system and a lifting system characterized in that the lifting system is connected to the lowering system by a particular device of handles.

2. Double reins system according to claim 1 characterized in that the first adjustment system is completed by a small strap allowing it to be secured to the headpiece of the net.

3. Double reins system according to the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises two adjustment and attachment systems: the first located at the level of the animal's neck allows the lifter to be adjusted, and the second located near the ars (between the two forelegs of the horse, under the chest), connected to the strap allows the lowerer to be adjusted.

4. Double reins system according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the part of the straps forming the reins, and intended to slide into the rings of the net is made in one piece, and that the two handles can be joined at the withers by a leather strap.

5. Double reins system according to the preceding claims, characterized in that by the sole action of his wrists on the handles connecting the reins of the lowering and lifting parts together, the rider can operate a lifting, lowering and restraining effect, in concert or separately.

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