CERTAIN NEW IMPROVE- MENTS ON STIRRUPS
Year: 1800

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EMANUEL
HESSE, of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do
send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-fourth day of July, in the fortieth year of His reign, did
give and grant unto me, the said Emanuel Hesse, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, His special licence that I, the said Emanuel Hesse, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN NEW IMPROVE-
MENTS ON STIRRUPS;" in which Letters Patent there is contained a proviso,
obliging me, the said Emanuel Hesse, under my hand and seal, to cause a
particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within one calendar month next and immediately after the date of
the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same (relation being there-
unto had) may more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Emanuel Hesse, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in
manner following (that is to say)
--
The principle of my Invention consists in giving an elastic motion or spring
to the bottom of the stirrup on which the foot of the rider rests, to effect
which, I make a stirrup with a double bottom; namely, I first place one bottom
(Figure 3) upon the two legs of the stirrup (Figure 2), so as to move up and
down between them, for which purpose two holes are made in the said bottom;
then I fasten the undermost bottom (Figure 4) to both ends (c, c, Figure 2,)
of the legs of the stirrup, so as not to stir at all, upon either of which bottoms
I place springs of any kind, so as to separate said bottoms, and produce at
the same time an elastic motion to the uppermost bottom; or I fasten the
uppermost bottom to the undermost by means of a joint or joints, so as when
playing upon the springs to produce a folding motion like two leaves of a book
that open and shut, from which motions I not only expect a pleasing sensation
to the rider, but I apprehend also that the said elasticity will greatly relieve
the horse, and will prevent the instep of the rider's foot from sticking to the
upper part of the stirrup; which inconvenience those who ride with their feet
home, as it is technically termed; frequently experience with common stirrups.
In order to preserve the springs, and prevent the dirt and dust from spoiling
them, and to give a more finished appearance to the stirrup, I fasten or braze
plates to the uppermost bottom, forming a box with a moveable bottom, so as
to conceal the springs, and which box moves up and down with the bottom
to which it is fixed.
Figure 1 represents the stirrup when put together and fit for use; A,
the box enclosing the springs. Figure 2 the legs of the stirrup; b, b,
shoulders to limit the rising of the spring. box. These may be placed at
any height, the workman pleases, or they may be totally omitted, if preferred.
6, c, the ends of the legs, to be fastened to the lowermost. bottom of the
stirrup, either by screwing, rivetting, or otherwise. Figure 3, top of
the moveable bottom, with the holes to admit the legs of the stirrup.
Figure 4,-lowermost bottom, shewing_one_sort of springs concealed in the
box A, Figure 1.
In witness whereof, I, the said Emanuel Hesse, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Ninteenth day of August,
in the year above mentioned, the aforesaid Emanuel Hesse came before our
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the
Statute in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the same Nineteenth day of August, in the year above written.
Inrolled the same Nineteenth day of August, in the year above written.