AN IMPROVED SAFety SADDLE BAR
Year: 1884

page_text: NATHANIEL BUXTON 16 Fentiman Road, Clapham Road, South Lambeth S.W.
Saddler do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED SAFety
SADDLE BAR" to be as follows:-
My Invention refers to an improved method of releasing a rider when he falls or
is thrown from his saddle and provides for increased security when riding. It
consists of the following movements,-namely, a Pivot which allows the Saddle Bar
to keep an horizontal position when the horse is rearing or "taking" a fence and
also prevents the stirrup leather being released when required to be secure, but,
which assists in releasing the rider when he falls, or is thrown.
My Invention further consists of a semicircular movement which is formed by an
upper and lower pieco of metal, in which the inside of the semicircle of the lower
piece of metal works on the outside of the semicircle of the upper piece of metal,
the two "pieces" being kept in position by a metal plate, which is secured to the
upper piece of metal, the lower pieco carrying the stirrup leather. When the
upper and lower pieces are connected, they are suspended to a pivot as described
above.
The semicircular movement has a double action, an overthrow action which
provides for the release of the rider when he is thrown forwards or sideways and a
slide action which releases the rider when he falls or is thrown backwards.
The Pivot movement may be used either in conjunction with the semicircular
movement and slide action, or, with the ordinary common saddle bar. The pivot
may also be assisted by two flanges each working on a block and sharing the
weight with the pivot if desired.
Fig 1 Shews complete Saddle bar.
Fig 2 Shews the semicircular and and slide actions half out.
I claim for my invention.
1st The Pivot movement which allows the saddle bar to keep an horizontal
position when the horse rears or is "taking" a fence and which conduces to the
security of the stirrup leather when required, but, assists in releasing the rider
when thrown or when falling.

page_text: 2nd The semicircular movement which has a double action allowing the release of
the rider when thrown or falling from a horse in any direction, either by the
overthrow action, when the rider is thrown forwards or side-ways, in which case
the upper and lower "pieces" uncouple, or by the Slide action, when the rider
falls or is thrown backwards in which case the lower." piece" slides away from the
upper "piece."
3rd The pivot movement may be used either in conjunction with the semicircular
and slide actions or, with the ordinary common saddle bar, and that the pivot may
be helped if desired by 2 flanges each working on a block.
4th The pivot safety saddlo bar as described in the drawings annexed.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
NATHANIEL BUXTON 16 Fentiman Road South Lambeth London S.W. Saddler
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED SAFETY SADDLE
BAR and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention refers to an improved method of releasing a rider when he falls or
is thrown from his saddle and provides for increased security when riding. It
consists of the following movements, viz a pivot which allows the saddle bar to
keep an horizontal position when the horse is rearing, or when he is taking a fence
and which also prevents the stirrup leather being released when required to be
secure, but which assists in releasing the rider when he falls or is thrown. My
invention further consists of a semicular movement which is formed of an upper
and lower piece of metal, in which the inside of the semicircle of the lower piece of
metal works on the outside of the semicircle of the upper piece of metal the two
pieces being kept in position by a metal piece of plate which is secured to the upper
piece of metal, the lower piece carrying the stirrup leather. When the upper and
lower pieces are connected, they are suspended to a pivot as described above.
The semicircular movement has a double action an overthrow which provides for
the release of the rider when he is thrown forward or sideways, and the slide action
when he falls or is thrown backwards. The pivot movement may be used either in
conjunction with the semicircular movement and slide action, or, with the ordinary
common saddle-bar. The pivot may also be assisted by two flanges, each working
on a block and sharing the weight with the pivot if desired.
Fig L shews complete saddle-bar.
Fig II. shews the semicular and slide action half out.
Fig III. shews the overthrow action.
My saddle-bar is constructed of four main parts as shewn Figs 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Fig 4 shews the fixing plate which carries the other parts of the bar, which
when put together are suspended by a Pivot, F, and which is rivetted securely to
the fixing plato in the position marked A.
Fig 5. shews the back plate, and spring marked D.
Fig 6 shows the top plate with pivot marked F.
The plates marked 5 and 6 are rivetted together and thus form the semicircular
and slide movements.
Fig 7. shews the loop of the bar which carries the stirrup leather, and which fits
into the semicircular bearing as shewn in fig 2.
Fig 8. shews the flanges and blocks which assist in carrying the weight.
The security of the rider is made more perfect by the addition of a bevelled piece
of metal which may be fixed as shown in the drawings marked G. Or it may
work on a hinge or pivot as marked E. The spring D prevents the bar from
moving in the slide, or semicircular action too freely. The parts marked in
drawings B and H shew stops which prevents the bar from swinging too far
back wards or forwards, C. shews the rivet holes by which the fixing plato is
attatched to saddle-tree.

page_text: 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
1st The Pivot movement which allows the saddle-bar to keep an horizontal
position when the horse rears, or is taking a fence, and which conduces to the
security of the stirrup leather when required, but, assists in releasing the rider when
thrown, or, when falling.
2ndly The semicircular movement which has a double action allowing the release
of the rider when thrown or falling from a horse in any direction either by the
overthrow action when the rider is thrown forward or sideways, in which case the
upper and lower pieces uncouple, or by the slide action, when the rider falls, or is
thrown backwards, in which case the lower "piece" slides away from the upper
'piece."
: 3rdly The pivot movement may be used either in conjunction with the semi-
cicular and slide actions or, with the ordinary common saddle-bar and that the
pivot may be helped if desired by two flanges each working on a block.
4thly The pivot safety saddle-bar as described in the drawings annexed with all
the details shewn in such drawings.