Safety Stirrup Holders.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1893-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1893
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Safety Stirrup Holders.
I, JOHN JOSEPH ROONEY, Electrical Engineer, of 59 St. Johns Place, in the
City of Brooklyn, County of Kings, State of New York, U.S.A. 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide a safety attachment for stirrups to
ladies and gentlemen's saddles so that if the rider is thrown the stirrups will be
detached from the saddles and therefore the rider will become free from the horse.
The device is set forth in the accompanying drawings:-
:-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a saddle equipped with my invention and shows
the location of the device embodying the invention.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the device, in its normal condition, ready for use.
Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the device in its normal condition.
Figure 4 is a front elevation of the device, from which the strap holder is
removed and in which the clasp is shown open.
The safety stirrup holder consists of a plate d formed with two lugs 9 9 which are
slightly hollowed at the top for a square link c or equivalent frame to rest in the
hollows or rests n n. Pins e are fixed in the plate b above the link c to prevent
the latter from rising off the rests n but allowing it to turn half way round. The
stirrup a is suspended from the link c by the strap b. To the lugs g g a clasp with
curved or cam-shaped edges is hinged, which clamps the link c in its position and is
held up by a spring k fixed to the plate d by a screw m and bearing against the
back of clasp. The link c has a knob / screwed to it which fits into a recess j of
clasp and secures the central position of link c on the lugs. Holes i i are for
fixing the plated to the saddle.
The action of the device is as follows:-
When the pressure of the foot in the stirrup is downward, as it is in the ordinary
use of the stirrup, the link c presses upon the lugs g and has no tendency to escape,
but as soon as the stirrup is pulled approximately in or above a horizontal plane
passing through the device with the link turned partly up and end ways, as indicated
by the arrows o p or by a twisting motion partly end ways and partly outwards, the
clasp f will open, the link acting in these cases on the curved edges of the clasp and
forcing it outwards, and consequently the link c is released so that it can escape in
the direction of the pull. The link will also escape if the pull is directly horizontally
outwards or upwards.
It is evident that if the rider is thrown in any direction with his foot in the
stirrup, he will cause the stirrups to be drawn out of their normal position and
thereby to be released from the attachment, so that the rider is released from the
saddles and horse.
The base plate d can be modified to suit the requirement of the shape of the
saddle tree so as to afford the best means of securing it to the saddles trees both of
ladies and gentlemen's saddles.
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. The arrangement or combination of parts of a safety stirrup holder substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
2 In atimnun hallows the concamant of a hinged aloon formed with ourred or

page_text: cam shaped edges substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 1st day of July 1893.
R. J. URQUHART,
57, Barton Arcade, Manchester, and 5, Clayton Square, Liverpool,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent.