IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLE BARS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOSEPH ALBERT BARNSBY, of N° 136 Lichfield Street, Walsall, in the County
of Stafford, Brown Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLE BARS to be as follows: .
The improvement the subject of this invention may be applied to various kinds
of Saddle Bars, but is particularly applicable to the improved Saddle Bar for which
I have obtained Letters Patent N° 4864 A D 1878, which Saddle Bar has hitherto
provided inadequately for the safety of the Rider if thrown over the horse's head,
but which will with the improvement hereinafter described ensure the safety of
the Rider from being dragged along the ground, whether thrown over the horse's
head, unhorsed on either side or in any way.
My improvement consists in forming a curved concave slot in that portion of the
Bar which is attached to the Saddle Tree, into which slot fits and partly revolves
a similarly curved bar or semi-convex tenon formed in the upper portion of the
part of the saddle Bar holding the stirrup leather, which part I now make separate
and detachable from the part fixed to the tree.
With this device, should the stirrup leather be thrown upwards, the curved bar
or tenon rotating in its curved slot will leave the fixed plate, and that part of the
Saddle Bar holding the stirrup will become detached, thereby entirely liberating
the Rider.
Dated this twenty ninth day of January 1001
I, JOSEPH ALBERT BARNSBY of 136 Lichfield Street, Walsall in the County of
Stafford, Brown Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of any invention for AN
IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLE-BARS and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The improvement the subject of this invention may be applied to various kinds
of Saddle-bars, but is particularly applicable to the improved Saddle-Bar for which
I have obtained Letters Patent No 4864 A D 1878, which Saddle-Bar has hitherto
provided inadequately for the safety of the Rider if thrown over the horse's head,
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page_text: but which will, with the improvement hereinafter described, ensure the safety of
the Rider from being dragged along the ground, whether thrown over the horse's
head, unhorsed on either side or in any way.OR
My improvement consists in forming a curved concave slot in that portion of the
Bar which is attached to the Saddle-tree, into which slot fits and partly revolves a
similarly curved bar or semi-convex tenon formed in the upper portion of the part
of the Saddle-Bar holding the stirrup leather, which part I now make separate and
detachable from the part fixed to the tree.
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawing
Figure 1. Represents an elevation or front view of a complete Saddle-Bar
embodying my invention.
Figure 2. Being a cross section through same on line 1-2.
Figure 3. Is also an elevation but with lever raised and the stirrup leather
shown in the act of being released in a downward direction and
Figure 4. Illustrates the manner in which the stirrup leather is released in an
upward direction, as when the Rider is thrown over the horse's head.
Similar letters indicate similar parts in each of the figures respectively.
A. represents that portion of the Saddle-Bar which is fixed.
B is the curved slot formed in same.
C. is the stirrup iron or detachable portion of the Saddle-bar.
D. the movable lever.
E. the curved bar attached to O.
F. the stirrup leather.
G. Spring.
It will be seen that should the stirrup leather F be thrown upward, the curved
bar or tenon E rotating in its curved slot B will leave the fixed plate or part A,
and that part C of the saddle-bar holding the stirrup will become detached in the
manner illustrated Fig 4, thereby entirely liberating the Rider.
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 slot B in the fixed plate or part A, in combination with the
bar or tenon E in the movable plate or part C, the whole constructed, combined
and arranged to operate substantially as herein before described for the purpose
specified.
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