IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY SADDLE-BARS to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: 'I AQUILA DAMARELL of N° 5 High Street, Exeter, Saddler and Harness Manu-
facturer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SAFETY SADDLE-BARS to be as follows:-
"
The object of my invention is to provide a saddle-bar so constructed that in the
event of the rider being thrown from his horse in any direction he will be instantly
released by the action of the said bar.
My improved saddle-bar is provided with a plate which is rivetted to the saddle-
tree. The said plate has two curved and tapering hooks, a slot being formed in
the said plate between the said hooks. The said slot is provided at its upper
extremity with a curved projection or lip. The saddle-bar is provided with two
eyes by which it is suspended from the curved hooks above mentioned and a lip
on the said saddle-bar, between the said eyes, takes under the curved projection
or lip on the above mentioned plate. The saddle-bar is thus suspended from the
said plate and held securely in position unless the rider is thrown or it is purposely
removed. The lower horizontal portion of the saddle-bar, which carries the stirrup-
leather, is provided at its rear end with an arm or lever hinged to the said
horizontal portion of the bar. The said arm or lever is retained in a perpendicular
position by a spring in the said horizontal bar, thus holding the stirrup-leather
upon the bar, but in the event of the rider being thrown in a backward direction
the pressure of the stirrup-leather against the said arm or lever forces it down and
sets the rider free. If the rider is thrown in any other direction the saddle-bar
becomes instantly detached and released from the plate on the saddle-tree to which
it is suspended.

page_text: I AQUILA DAMARELL of 5 High Street, Exeter in the County of Devon, Saddler
and Harness Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY SADDLE-BARS" and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming
a part of this specification:-
The object of my invention is to provide a saddle-bar so constructed that in the
event of the rider being thrown from his horse in any direction he will be instantly
released by the action of the said bar.
My improved saddle-bar is provided with a plate which is rivetted to the saddle-
tree. The said plate, has two curved and tapering hooks, a slot being formed in
the said plate between the said hooks. The said slot is provided at its upper
extremity with a curved projection or lip. The saddle-bar is provided with two
eyes by which it is suspended from the curved hooks above mentioned, and a lip
on tlie said saddle-bar, between the said eyes, takes under a curved projection or
lip on the above-mentioned plate. The saddle-bar is thus suspended from the said
plate and held securely in position unless the rider is thrown or it is purposely
removed. "The lower horizontal portion of the saddle-bar which carries the stirrup-
leather is provided at its rear end with an arm or lever, binged to the said
"horizontal portion of the bar. The 'said 'arm orilever is retained in a perpendicular
position by a spring in the said horizontal bar, thus holding the stirrup-leather
upon the bar, but in the event of the rider being thrown in a backward direction
"the pressure of the stirrup-leather against the said arm or lever forces it down and
'sets the rider 'free. If the rider is thrown in any other direction tlie saddle-bar
becomes instantly detached' and released from the plate on the saddle-tree to which
it' is suspended.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shows one of my improved saddle-bars complete.
Figure 2 shows the two portions of the said bar, detached.
Figure 3 is a sectional view on the linex Figure 1.
.:Like letters indicate like parts in all the figures.
-My improved saddle-bar is provided with a plate a which is rivetted or otherwise
securely fixed to the saddle-tree. The said plate has two projecting hooks b curved
upward and, by preference, tapering slightly from their bases to their points. Between
the said hooks b a slot or recess c is formed in the plate a and upon the said plate
and at the upper extremity of the said slot or recess c'is a curved projecting lip d.
The substânce or thickness of the said lip is gradually reduced to its point d
The saddle-bare is formed with a horizontal portion or bar f, upon which the
stirrup-leather is carried and from the forward end of the said horizontal bar a
suspending arm or bar g extends upward and is curved over the horizontal bar f
as shown. Two eyes h are formed in the bar g, adapted to receive the hooks b
and on the said bar and between the said eyes a lip or projection i is formed, the
said lip or projection being curved backward and reduced in thickness towards
its point. The horizontal bar fis provided at its rear end with a lever j
pivotted in a slot formed in the rear end of the said bar. The said lever is
retained in a perpendicular position by a spring k in the bar f and the stirrup-
leather is thus held upon the said bar.

page_text: The saddle-bar e is suspended from the plate a by passing the eyes h over the
hooks b. The lip i then takes under the lip d, and the saddle-bar is thus securely
gripped or locked to the plate a until the rider is thrown or until the said bar
is purposely removed. If the rider is thrown in a backward direction the pressure
of the stirrup-leather against the lever j forces it down as shown in Figure 2;
thus the rider is set free. If the rider is thrown in any other direction the saddle-
bar e becomes instantly unhooked and released from the plate a.
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
In a saddle-bar, the combination of the plate a having curved hooks b, slot
or recess c and lip & with the saddle-bar e having a horizontal bar f with lever j
and a suspending arm or bar g with eyes h and lip i, substantially as shown and
described.