Patents Assigned to E.A. Mattes GmbH
  • Saddle pad having integrated plate-shaped spring device for pressure distribution and stabilization
    Patent number: 7937917
    Abstract: A saddle pad that exhibits pockets on its top side facing toward a saddle to be laid on, arranged along and to the left and right of a line of symmetry of the saddle pad. The pockets extend over the entire length of the saddle pad. Inserted into the pockets is a plate-shaped spring device, by which optimal stabilization and pressure distribution are achieved, even when treeless saddles are provided for the riding of a riding animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: E.A. Mattes GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Mattes
  • Saddle backing
    Patent number: 7168225
    Abstract: A saddle pad for laying on the back of a riding animal comprises a first side panel, a second side panel and a web from which the first and second side panels hang. The web includes a lengthwise groove configured and arranged to overly the spine of the riding animal, so that the panels resting on the flanks of the riding animal have a greater thickness than the web connecting the first and second panels to one another over the spine, where undersides of the first and second panels that contact the riding animal are made of lambskin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: E.A. Mattes GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Mattes, Peter Menet