Patent ID: 6698169
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B68C

Abstract:
A safety stirrup including:a generally U-shaped mounting member, and a foot support member for receiving a rider's foot, such that when the rider's foot is in the normal use position, the foot support member is restrained by mountings located on each side of the foot support member having primary projections and secondary projections on the foot support member, wherein during normal use the secondary projections are located in recesses adjacent the ends of the U-shaped mounting member but vertically upward movement of the rider's foot out of the normal use position causes the mountings to release the foot support member sufficiently that the foot support member can move in the same direction as the rider's foot until the foot support member is fully disconnected from the U-shaped mounting member, the secondary projections moving in their respective recesses and rotating in the same direction as the rider's foot prior to the foot support member being fully disconnected from the U-shaped mounting member.