An Improved Safety Stirrup.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1891-Accepted, 16th May, 1891
COMITMIC DEGRATION.
An Improved Safety Stirrup.
I, CARL AUGUST PANZER, of 9 Grosse Karlstrasse, Altona-Ottensen, in the
Kingdom of Prussia, and German Empire, Lock-maker, 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 improved stirrup has the advantage of being constructed so that the several
parts are hinged together, and become disconnected when the loop by which the
stirrup is connected to the stirrup strap is turned, that is when through the fall of
the rider the stirrup is turned backwards.
In order that my invention may be the better understood, I now proceed to
describe the same in connection with the accompanying drawings, reference being
had to the letters and figures marked thereon. Like letters refer to like parts
throughout the drawings.
Figure 1 is a back elevation of the stirrup when closed,
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same,
Figure 3 is a front elevation of the stirrup when opened, and
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the same.
The stirrup consists of the two segments or side pieces a,, the tread piece c and
the connecting piece d. The connecting part d is provided at its upper end with
the usual loope for connecting the stirrup to the stirrup strap on the saddle,
further with the bridge, pivotted by means of the bolt g to the segment a.
The
connecting part d is also provided with two cheeks hh, which fit over the plates ii
of the segments a b and hold the same together when the connecting part and the
segments a blic in one direction. The bridge of the connecting part d is widened
backwards so as to form a plate k, which lies against the plates of the segments,
thus preventing the connecting part a from being bent backwards. The pin
connected to the plate i of the segment a passes through a hole in the plate i of the
other segment. The segments a and b are connected to the tread piece e by means
of hinges.
The action of this stirrup is follows:-
During normal riding the plates i of the segments ab lie against the plate k in
consequence of the pressure of the foot, so that the segments a band the connecting
part d are situated in one direction. In this position the cheeks h h fit over
the plates and prevent the segment 6 from becoming disconnected from the
connecting part d. When the rider falls and the tread piece e is moved forwards by
the weight of the rider's body, the tread piece and the segments are moved in the
direction of the arrow I, see Figure 2. In consequence the cheeks h hold the
plates of the segments a together no longer. As the segment & rests loosely on
the bolt or pin and as the tread piece e is hinged to both segments, the rider's
foot is entirely set free, as the segment moves in the direction of the arrow I I,
and the tread piece in the direction of the arrow III around the hinges 1, see
Figure 3. This avoids any danger of the rider being dragged along the ground, if
the horse should not stop. The plates i are rounded off at the top, see Figures 2
and 4, to facilitate the separation of the cramps.
Having now particularly described the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
:-
1. A safety stirrup, the segments or side pieces ab of which are connected to the
tread piece c by hinges and are kept together during normal riding by cheeks h h
of the connecting piece d, while through the fall of the rider from the horse the
side piece bresting loosely on the connecting part d is separated from the cramp h
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page_text: so that it is pulled off the pin or bolt g, thus setting free the rider's foot,
substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In a safety stirrup as claimed in Claim 1 the arrangement of the plate k on the
bridge of the connecting piece d to secure the connection between the side pieces
or segments a and the connecting piece d during normal riding, substantially as
described and illustrated.
Dated the 23rd day of March 1891.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.