Improvements in Stirrups.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stirrups.
I, JOHN SCOTT of Inglestone, Mellish Road, Walsall in the County of Stafford,
Saddlers Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of stirrups having for
object to facilitate the application thereto of a pad of india rubber, cork or other
similar material for the purpose of providing a suitable grip for the foot, and its
removal and renewal when required, using any suitable material which may be
available. I attain my object by providing the stirrup with a double tread or foot
plate the upper plate being movable for the insertion of the pad between it and the
fixed tread and cut out or perforated so that the more or less elastic material
forming the pad may project through it when in position and present the desired
gripping surface to the foot of the rider.
When it is desired to secure a pad to the stirrup, the movable plate or frame is
raised or turned from the fixed tread plate, upon which the pad is then placed in
position, the movable plate or frame is then turned or brought down on to the top
of the pad and secured by means of studs or bolts, springs, or otherwise.
The movable perforated plate or metallic frame may be hinged or otherwise
attached to the fixed plate, or to the legs of the stirrup, or it may slide or turn
thereon and one or both legs of the stirrup may have a spring so affixed thereto as
to secure and release the tread when required; the movable plate may be made in
more than one piece if desired and it may be furnished with two or more studs or
bolts arranged to pass through corresponding openings formed in the fixed tread
plate so that it may be drawn down tightly thereupon, by means of nuts or other
equivalent device and be thus secured; the more or less elastic material forming
the pad then projecting through its slot or perforations. I may insert a spring into
a groove in one of the legs of the stirrup and hinge the movable plate at the
opposite end so that when brought down on to the fixed plate it will be held
automatically by this spring which may I may have a tongue or pivotting piece
be pressed back by hand into its groove
when it is desired to lift the plate.
on the movable plate which will take into a corresponding recess formed in
the leg of the stirrup. Or I may in lieu of hinging the movable plate form a
recess in one end thereof to receive a stud or pin attached to or forming
part of one of the legs, the other end of the plate being notched to fit over the
opposite leg of the stirrup. When I make the movable perforated plate or
metallic frame in one piece I may hinge or joint it to the toe or heel of the fixed
tread plate and if in two distinct parts I may hinge or pivot each portion separately
on the tread plate or on to the legs of the stirrup.
My improved stirrup will be found particularly useful in countries, such as
Australia and South and Central America, iu which if the jagging of the ordinary
metal tread plate wears out there is no immediately available means of renewing it
or of replacing a pad should it be worn out or come off, whereas with my improved
stirrup the rider can nearly always find a piece of bark, wood or fibrous grass which
he can fix with the movable plate and readily remove and replace when necessary.
Dated this Fourteenth day of December 1892.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stirrups.
I, John Scott, of Inglestone, Mellish Road, Walsall, in the County of Stafford,
Saddlers Ironmonger, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of stirrups having for
object to facilitate the application thereto of a pad of india rubber, cork or other
similar material for the purpose of providing a suitable grip for the foot, and its
removal when required. I attain my object by providing the stirrup with a double
tread or footplate, the upper plate being movable for the insertion of the pad
between it and the fixed tread-plate, and being cut out or perforated so that the
more or less elastic material forming the pad may project through it when in
position and present the desired gripping surface to the foot of the rider.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood reference is had to the
accompanying drawings upon which: :-
Figure 1 represents a side view or elevation of a stirrup B showing the movable
plate C raised for the insertion of a pad A.
Figure 2 is a similar view, but showing the pad A secured in position by the
upper or movable plate C.
Figure 3 being a transverse section through the tread-plate C and elastic pad A.
The pad A. may have an inner pad of cork a or other similar material.
When it is desired to secure a pad A to the stirrup B, the movable plate or
frame C is raised or turned from the fixed tread-plate D as shewn in Figure 1.
The pad A is then placed in position the movable plate or frame C being turned
or brought down on the top of the pad A and secured by means of studs or bolts E
springs or otherwise as shewn in Figure 2.
In Figures 4 to 11 various methods of attaching and securing the movable
tread-plate are shewn.
of
The movable perforated plate or metallic frame C may be hinged or otherwise
attached to the fixed plate D as shewn in Figure 4; or the movable perforated
plate or metallic frame C may be hinged or otherwise attached to the legs b
of the stirrup B as shewn in Figure 5; or the movable plate C may slide or
turn on the legs b of the stirrup B,-
,-see Figure 6, and one or both of the legs
the stirrup may have a spring F so affixed thereto as to secure and release the
tread-plate when required as shewn; the movable plate C may be made in more
than one piece if desired as shewn in Figures 7 and 8, and it may be furnished
with two or more studs or bolts El arranged to pass through corresponding
openings & formed in the fixed tread-plate D so that it may be drawn down tightly
thereupon by means of nuts e' or other equivalent device and be thus secured, the
more or less elastic material forming the pad A then projecting through its slot or
perforations. I may insert a spring F into a groove in one of the legs of the
stirrup B, and hinge the movable plate C at the opposite end so that when brought
down on to the fixed plate D it will be held automatically by this spring which
may be pressed back by hand into its groove when it is desired to lift the plate C
as shewn in Figure 9; or I may have a tongue or pivotting piece c on the movable
plate C which will take into a recess 6' formed in the leg b of the stirrup B,-
Figure 10, or I may in lieu of hinging the movable plate C form a recess c¹ in
one end thereof to receive a stud or pin E attached to, or forming part of one of
the legs b, the other end of the plate being notched at c² to fit over the opposite
leg of the stirrup and provided with a dowel or projecting pin c³ arranged to enter
a corresponding opening or recess 62 formed in the leg as shewn in Figures 1 and 2.
When I make the movable perforated plate or metallic frame C in one piece I may
hinge or joint it to the toe or heel of the fixed tread-plate D as shewn in side
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page_text: elevation Figure 11, and if in two distinct parts I may hinge or pivot each portion
separately on the tread-plate or on to the legs of the stirrup as shewn in Figures 7
and 8.
My improved stirrup will be found particularly useful in countries such as
Australia and South and Central America in which if the jagging of the metal
tread-plate becomes worn away there is no readily available means of renewing it
or of replacing a pad should it be worn out or become detached, whereas with my
improved stirrup the rider can nearly always find a piece of bark, wood or fibrous
grass which he can fix with the movable plate and readily remove and replace when
necessary.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. In stirrups a removable elastic pad A in combination with a movable plate C
as and for the purposes described.
2. In stirrups having a removable elastic pad the various methods shewn and
described in Figures 4 to 11 for the purpose of securing the pad in position.
Dated this Fourteenth day of September 1893.