Patent ID: 6748727
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B68C

Abstract:
A stirrup leather for suspending a stirrup from a saddle seat, the stirrup leather including a strap having an upper end portion adapted to be connected to a saddle seat and a lower end portion adapted to support a stirrup, said strap having a front portion and a rear portion, a generally enclosed open vertical channel defined between said front portion and said rear portion, an elongated torsion spring element removably mounted in said open channel for providing a force to provide a predetermined twist to said strap along a longitudinal axis thereof so as to orient a stirrup in a predetermined angular relationship to a saddle seat when the stirrup leather is connected between a stirrup and a saddle seat, and at least one opening in said strap communicating with said open channel for allowing sliding insertion and removal of said torsion spring element from said open channel.