An Improved Saddle Bar.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 26th Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 28th Oct., 1887
An Improved Saddle Bar.
I FREDERICK WILLIAM MAYHEW of 41 Seymour Place Bryanston Square London
in the county of Middlesex Saddler do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
My invention relates to an improved saddle bar and has for its object the freeing of
the stirrup leather from the saddle, in the ovent of the rider falling or being dragged
by the stirrup. The improved bar from which the stirrup leather is suspended, is
made with a swell or boss through which a pivot runs which enables the bar to turn
readily to the front or head of the saddle, so that in the event of a forward fall either
side in front the leather would be released. The aforesaid pivot is suspended from a
second hinged pivot which is attached to a metal plate and which second pivot moves
a quarter of a circle only and is cut in such a manner as to allow the bar turning up
to a horizontal position only. In the event of a fall on the opposite side the bar rises
on account of the upward strain on stirrup leather to an horizontal position on the
hinged Pivot number two; then turns on pivot No. 1 and releases the stirrup leather.
there is no extra spring the action is simple and effective.
In the drawing the bar is first represented as being in its natural position in use, in
its next position as having been turned to the front or head of saddle and about to
release the stirrup leather. And below which the bar is seen lifted to an horizontal
position through the upward strain of the stirrup leather. The section at side shews
the manner in which the second pivot, marked (a) throughout the drawing, is cut and
attached to the metal plate by having a collett placed over it at back of plate and
rivetted over the collett.

page_text: I, FREDERICK WILLIAM MAYHEW 41 Seymour Place Bryanston Square London in
the county of Middlesex Saddler do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved saddle bar and has for its object the frocing of
the stirrup leather from the saddle in the event of the rider falling or being dragged
by the stirrup. The improved bar from which the stirrup leather is suspended is made
with a swell or boss through which a pivot runs which pivot is then rivetted in such a
manner to the bar as to enable the bar to turn readily to the front or head of the
saddle, in fact to turn round completely when the bar has risen to an horizontal
position. This pivot is suspended from a second hinged pivot which second hinged
pivot passes through and is attached to a metal plate, which metal plato is for the
purpose of attaching tho bar to the saddle. The second hinged pivot is cut and stopped
in such a manner to the metal plate as to allow it to move a quarter of a circle only.
It is also cut in such a manner as to allow the bar to rise on its hinge to a horizontal
position only. In the event of a rider falling forwards or backwards the bar would
rise to a horizontal position then turn on the pivot that runs through the swell or boss
on the bar and release the stirrup leather. In the event of the rider falling and being
caught by the stirrup on the opposite side to that on which he falls the bar rises on
account of the upward strain of the stirrup leather to a horizontal position on the
hinged pivot, then turns on the pivot that runs through the swell or boss on the bar
and releases the stirrup leather. There no extra spring, the action is simple.
In the drawings "those left with the provisional specification: the bar is first
represented as being in its natural position in use. In its next position as having
been turned to the front of head of the saddle and about to release the stirrup leather.
Below which the bar is seen risen to a horizontal position through the upward strain
of the stirrup leather and about to turn on the pivot that runs through the swell or
boss on the bar. The section at side shews the manner in which the second hinged
pivot, marked (a) throughout the drawings, is cut and attached to the metal plate by
having a collett placed over it at back of plate and by being rivetted over the collett.
- Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1 The manufacture and use of an improved saddle bar constructed and operating as
I have hereinbefore described and as represented in the drawings left with the
provisional Specification.
2 That the feature of novelty is the bar being made with a pivot running through

page_text: it which enables the bar, when it has risen to a horizontal position, to turn completely
round on such pivot to any position the stirrup leather may require.
3 That the abovo pivot being suspended from a second pivot and the two connected
in the form of a hinge and which second pivot is cut and stopped to a metal plato, as
herein beforo described and as shewn in the drawings left with the provisional Specifi-
cation, in a manner which maintains the bar in a correct position for riding and ensures
the safety of the rider whilst in the saddle but which would, riso, turn, and release the
stirrup leather immediately the rider is thrown, and no part of the bar would leave the
saddle.
Dated this 26th day of September 1887.
FREDERICK WILLIAM MAYHEW.