Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 27th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 30th Aug., 1887.
I HENRY REES-PHILIPPS of No. 3 Berkeley Place Cheltenham in the County of
Gloucester Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My invention consists principally in connecting or jointing the spring saddle bar
to the back plate riveted on the saddle tree substantially in the manner hereinafter
described whereby the spring saddle bar is made capable of a double or compound
motion on the back plate the motions which the said bar is capable of taking ensuring
the ready release of the stirrup leather from the bar in whatever direction the rider
may be thrown. I prefer to use with my construction of double or compound joint a
spring saddle bar somewhat resembling the ordinary saddle bar in general use but
I do not limit myself to that kind of saddle bar.
The rear or open end of the saddle bar is closed by a spring jointed latch or thumb
piece which latch when turned on its joint into a line with the bottom of the bar
permits the stirrup leather to escape from it. I joint the front end of the saddle bar
at its upper edge by a hinge joint to a middle knuckle carried by a short swivelling
axis which passes through and works in the back plate rivetted to the saddle tree.
That part of the swivelling axis of the joint projecting on the inner side of the back
plate is furnished with a fixing disc or nut having upon it a shoulder or stop. When
the saddle bar is in its normal position for supporting the stirrup leather the said
shoulder or stop bears against a stop pin on the fixed back plate and thereby prevents
the saddle bar descending beyond a horizontal position.
The hinge joint by which the saddle bar is jointed to the swivelling axis permits the
said bar to rise and fall at right angles to the face of the saddle and the swivelling
axis carrying the hinge joint permits the saddle bar to have motion parallel to the
face of the saddle. That is the swivelling axis permits the rear ond of the saddle bar
to rise vertically from its normal position and have motion through nearly a circle
when the shoulder or stop on the swivelling axis bearing against the fixed stop pin
prevents its further motion. When the saddle bar has reached the last described
position it is vertical and inverted and the stirrup leather can readily escape from it.

page_text: When the saddle bar is turned upwards upon its hinge joint and is brought
parallel to the face of the saddle the said bar is inverted and the stirrup leather can
readily escape from it.
Thus the compound or double joint by which the saddle bar is jointed to the fixed
back plate permits of the release of the stirrup leather in whatever direction the rider
may be thrown.
The jointed latch or thumb piece at the rear end of the saddle bar prevents the
stirrup leather working off too readily in ascending hills and passing through gates
and the like or when the rider is altering the length of the stirrup leather.
The improved or modified saddle bar lies flat and close against the flap of the saddle
in its normal position.
Improvements in Safety Saddle Bars.
I HENRY REES-PHILIPPS of No. 3 Berkeley Place, Cheltenham in the County of
Gloucester, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my 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 consists in connecting or jointing the spring saddle bar to the back
plate riveted on the saddle tree substantially in the manner hereinafter described,
whereby the spring saddle bar is made capable of a double or compound motion on
the back plate the motions which the said bar is capable of taking ensuring in case of
accident the ready release of the stirrup leather from the saddle bar in whatever
direction the rider may be thrown.
I prefer to use with my construction of double or compound joint, a spring saddle
bar somewhat resembling the ordinary saddle bar in general use but I do not limit
myself to that kind of saddle bar. The rear or open end of the saddle bar is closed
by a spring jointed latch or thumb piece which latch when turned on its joint into a
line with the bottom of the bar permits the stirrup leather to escape from it. I joint
the front end of the saddle bar at its upper edge by a hinge joint to a middle knuckle
carried by a short swivelling axis which passes through and works in the back plate
riveted to the saddle tree. That part of the swivelling axis of the joint projecting on

page_text: the inner side of the back plate is furnished with a fixing disc or nut having upon it
a shoulder or stop. When the saddle bar is in its normal position for supporting the
stirrup leather the said shoulder or stop bears against a stop pin on the fixed back
plate and thereby prevents the saddle bar descending beyond a horizontal position.
The hinge joint by which the saddle bar is jointed to the swivelling axis permits
the said bar to rise and fall at right angles to the face of the saddle and the swivelling
axis carrying the hinge joint permits the saddle bar to have motion parallel to the face
of the saddle. That is, the swivelling axis permits the rear end of the saddle bar to
rise vertically from its normal position and have motion through a semi-circle or
greater angle, when the shoulder or stop on the swivelling axis bearing against the
fixed stop pin prevents its further motion. When the saddle bar has reached the last
described position it is inverted and the stirrup leather can readily escape from it.
When the saddle bar is turned upwards upon its hinge joint and is brought
parallel to the face of the saddle the said bar is inverted and the stirrup leather can
readily escape from it.
Thus, the compound or double joint by which the saddle bar is jointed to the fixed
back plate permits of the release of the stirrup leather in whatever direction the rider
may be thrown.
The jointed latch or thumb piece at the rear end of the saddle bar prevents the
stirrup leather working off too readily in ascending hills and passing through gates
and the like or when the rider is altering the length of the stirrup leather.
The improved or modified saddle bar lies flat and close against the flap of the saddle
in its normal position.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in front elevation; Figure 2
in edge view and Figure 3 partly in edge view and partly in longitudinal section,
a safety saddle bar constructed according to my invention; Figure 4 represents a
back elevation of the saddle bar with the dirt cap removed; Figure 5 indicates the
manner in which the stirrup leather escapes from the saddle bar when the rider is
thrown across the horse and Figure 6 indicates the manner in which the stirrup
leather escapes from the saddle bar when the rider is thrown over the horse's head.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
drawing.
a is the saddle bar and 6 the fixed back plate riveted to the saddle tree in the
ordinary way; c is the spring jointed latch or thumb piece for closing the rear or
open end of the saddle bar a the said latch c when turned on its joint by the pressure
of the stirrup leather upon it into a line with the bottom of the bar as indicated in
dotted lines in Figures 5 and 6 permits the stirrup leather d to escape from it. The
front end of the saddle bar is jointed at its upper edge by a hinge joint to a short
swivelling axis e which passes through the back plate b (see Figure 3). The hinge
joint by which the saddle bar is jointed to the swivelling axis e consists of two side
knuckles g, g on the said bar and a middle knuckle hat the outer end of the swivelling
axis e a joint pin of being passed through the engaged knuckles g, h, g and riveted.
By means of the hinge joint described the bar a can rise and fall upon the swivelling
axis e the saddle bar a when turned down upon its hinge joint having the normal
position represented in continuous lines in the drawing and when turned upwards on
its hinge joint taking the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 5 the said saddle
bar in both positions lying parallel to the face of the saddle.
The swivelling axis e of the saddle bar has on its inner side a fixing disc plate or
nut i the shape of which is best seen in Figure 4. This disc plate or nut i works in
the box or chamber k made in the back plate b and the said chamber k is closed
by the dirt cap or plate 7. In the said chamber k is a fixed stop m (see Figure 4) and
the ends of the fixing plate or disc i constitute limiting shoulders p, 9 for limiting the
motion of the swivelling axis and consequently the saddle bar. When the shoulder
bears against the stop or pin m the saddle bar is held in the normal position shown in
the drawing and when the saddle bar is moved on its swivelling axis through a semi
circle from its normal position the other shoulder 9 bears against the stop or pin m
and prevents the further motion of the bar in that direction. The swivelling axis e
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page_text: permits the saddle bar a to have motion parallel to the face of the saddle as indicated
in dotted lines in Figure 6. It will thus be understood that the compound or double
joint by which the saddle bar is connected to the fixed back plate 6 permits the saddle
bar to rise and fall upon its hinge joint and to have motion on its swivelling axis
through a semi circle in a plane parallel to the back plate b.
When the rider is thrown backwards the stirrup leather d opens the latch c and
escapes from the saddle bar in the ordinary way.
When the rider is thrown across the horse's back the saddle bar is first turned
upwards upon its hinge joint fas indicated at r Figure 5 and after turning on the
swivelling axis e takes the position indicated at s Figure 5. The saddle bar is thereby
inverted and the stirrup leather d readily escapes from it.
When the rider is thrown over the horse's head the rear end of the saddle bar a
rises vertically and moves on its swivelling axis e through a semi-circle into the
position indicated in dotted lines at t Figure 6 its motion beyond that position being
prevented by the shoulder 9 on the fixing plate bearing against the fixed stop or
pin m. On the saddle bar reaching the position indicated in Figure 6 it is inverted
and the stirrup leather d readily escapes from it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and
the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention;
Connecting or jointing safety saddle bars to the back plate riveted on the saddle tree
by means of a double or compound joint consisting of a hinge joint and a swivelling
axis constructed substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawing, the hinge joint permitting the saddle bar to be turned
upwards and downwards and the swivelling axis permitting the saddle bar to have
motion parallel to the face of the saddle through a semi-circle or greater angle for
ensuring the ready release of the stirrup leather from the saddle bar in whatever
direction the rider may be thrown as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Twentieth day of July 1887.