Novel Device for Stopping a Runaway Horse

If you read the words on the "counterweight," they say, "Recommendations for Reichenbach's Tile Drains." So this is a humorous advertisement rather than an actual patent. But I would not be surprised if someone somewhere had come up with such an idea.

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Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 07, 2020
Category: Animals | Business | Advertising | Humor | Nineteenth Century

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I hope not patented. It's obviously mechanically deficient, unless your horse is an inflatable one.

Posted by Virtual in Carnate on 06/07/20 at 09:55 AM

Shades of Rube Goldberg...

Posted by Brian on 06/09/20 at 11:24 AM

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