An Improved Safety Riding Stirrup.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th Jan, 1893-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Safety Riding Stirrup.
We, THOMAS GLOSTER, of 14 Windmill Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, Bit
Stirrup and Spur Manufacturer, and ROBERT BANKS, of Sandwell Street, Walsall,
aforesaid, Stirrup Filer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists in the hereindescribed improved safety riding stirrup
which is designed so as to open and release the rider's foot in the event of the rider
being thrown.
In carrying out this invention the tread is made in halves or otherwise in two
parts which meet and abut together on or about the cross centre line of the tread.
One of these parts of the tread is hinged to one of the stirrup legs and the other
part of the tread is hinged to the other stirrup leg so that the said parts of the
tread can either be turned to hang down from the stirrup legs and release the rider's
foot or the said parts of the tread can be turned from this position to about right
angles with the legs when the said halves or parts will abut together and form the
tread as when the stirrup is in use.
In order to retain the said halves or parts of the tread in their last said position
abutting together we provide an inner bow between the legs of the stirrup some-
what similar to the bows which are now in use in some other safety riding stirrups.
The sides of this bow are jointed to the legs of the stirrup a short distance above
the tread and are continued down below and under the parts of the tread and are
notched or otherwise formed so as to engage with and support the two parts of the
tread when the latter are turned so as to abut together as above described.
When the rider is thrown the rider's foot comes into contact with the upper part
of the said inner bow and turns the bow outwardly about its side pins which connect
it to the legs thus releasing the parts of the tread which then turn down as above
described and release the rider's foot.
The meeting edges of the two parts of the tread are by preference halved
together or made to lap one over the other so that the one will to some extent
support the other.
In a modification of this invention only one of the said two parts of the tread is
supported directly by the bow this part of the tread which is supported being
continued under the other part of the tread for a short distance so as to support the
same.
Dated this 11th day of April 1892.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Safety Riding Stirrup.
We, THOMAS GLOSTER, of 14, Windmill Street, Walsall, Staffordshire, Bit
Stirrup and Spur Manufacturer, and ROBERT BANKS, of Sandwell Street, Walsall,
aforesaid, Stirrup Filer, 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:―
This invention consists in the hereindescribed improved safety riding stirrup

page_text: which is designed so as to open and release the rider's foot in the event of the rider
being thrown.
We will describe this invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a safety riding stirrup constructed according to this
invention ;
Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the same;
Fig. 3 shews the same stirrup as when the foot has been released;
Fig. 4 is a separate view of the bow of the same; and
Fig. 5 shews a slightly modified form of our invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawing.
In carrying out this invention the tread is made in halves or otherwise in two
parts respectively marked A' A2 which meet and abut together on or about the
cross centre line of the tread. One of these parts of the tread that is the part A¹
is hinged to the stirrup leg B' and the other part A³ of the tread is hinged to the
other stirrup leg B2 so that the said parts A¹ A³ of the tread can either be turned
to hang down from the stirrup legs (see Fig. 3) and release the rider's foot or the
said parts A' A' of the tread can be turned from this position to about right angles
with the legs when the said halves or parts will abut together and form the tread
(see Figs. 1, 2 and 5) as when the stirrup is in use. The meeting edges of the
parts AA are by preference halved together or made to lap one over the other
as shewn so that the part A' will to some extent support the part A¹ and on the
part A² we provide or may provide a projection a' which when the stirrup is
closed as shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5 takes into a corresponding hole a² in the
other part A' of the tread, and prevents the legs of the stirrup springing farther
apart.
In order to retain the halves or parts of the tread in the position shewn in
Figs. 1, 2 and 5 abutting together we provide an inner bow C (shewn separately
by Fig. 4) between the legs of the stirrup somewhat similar to the bows which are
now in use in some other safety riding stirrups. The sides of this bow are jointed
at d d to the legs B1 B2 of the stirrup a short distance above the tread and at cl
are continued down below and under the parts A¹ A2 of the tread and are notched
at or otherwise formed so as to engage with and support the two parts A¹ A'
of the tread when the latter are turned so as to abut together as above described
and shewn in Figs. 1 and 2.
When the rider is thrown the rider's foot comes into contact with the upper part
of the said inner bow and turns the bow inwardly (as in other safety riding stirrups)
about its side pins d d which connect it to the legs B B thus releasing the
parts A¹ A² of the tread which then turn down as above described and shewn in
Fig. 3 and release the rider's foot.
In the modification of this invention shewn by Fig. 5 only one part that is the
part A² of the tread is supported directly by the bow C this part A' of the tread
which is supported being continued under the other part A of the tread for a
short distance as shewn so as to support the same, the other side of the bow C
being cut off just below the joint d as shewn in Fig. 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
:―
1. In a safety riding stirrup and in combination the tread made in two parts
hinged to the legs so as to open downwardly therefrom and the bow C jointed to
the legs and arranged as herein set forth so as to either retain the two parts of the
tread in their horizontal position or by turning to release the same all substantially
as hereinbefore described.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved safety riding

page_text: stirrup hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accom-
panying drawing.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved safety riding
stirrup hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 5 of the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 12th day of January 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.