Patent ID: 7222473
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: B68C

Abstract:
1. A riding stirrup suspended from a western equestrian saddle, the riding stirrup comprising: (a) a hanger rod; (b) a stirrup loop connected to the hanger rod at both ends of the hanger rod and defining a stirrup opening; (c) an elongated base support tread at a bottom portion of the stirrup loop and spaced apart from the hanger rod, the elongated base support tread having an upper surface with a longitudinal center axis extending at a slant with respect to a stirrup centerline, the stirrup centerline extending substantially perpendicular to the hanger rod, substantially through a mid point of the hanger rod, and the upper surface of the elongated base support tread being approximately centered on the stirrup centerline; and (d) wherein the upper surface of the elongated base support tread is slanted with respect to the hanger rod such that the shortest distance between an inner tread end of the elongated base support tread and the longitudinal axis of the hanger rod is less than the shortest distance between an outer tread end of the elongated base support tread and the longitudinal axis of the hanger rod, and such that the upper surface of the elongated base support member slopes downwardly away from a position of a horse under the saddle.