Improvements in and connected with Safety Saddlebars or Suspenders for Stirrup Leathers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1895-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Safety Saddlebars or
Suspenders for Stirrup Leathers.
I GUSTAVE BIEBUYCK of 52, Rue de Spa, Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of safety saddlebars
or suspenders for stirrup leathers and studs employed in connection therewith and
has for its object to effect the ready release of the stirrup leathers when the riders
foot is entangled in whatever direction the rider may be thrown from his horse.
According to this invention I employ a base plate which is secured to the saddle
Attached to
in the ordinary way and on which the safety saddle bar is mounted.
the said base plate is a curved plate recessed or opened on its upper side and
provided with a spring piece; on this curved plate is placed the stud to which the
stirrup leather is attached, the said stud being formed with a rim or flange which
engages behind the curved plate or in a groove or slot formed therein.
When the rider is thrown and his foot caught in the stirrup and the strain on the
saddle bar is say in a lateral sense the stud will bear on the spring piece which will
yield and allow the stud to be released.
When the rider is thrown forwards over the horse's head or to the right or left
the stud will bear against the upper part of the spring piece causing it to be
displaced and will thus be set free.
In place of the safety bar described I may employ a modification in which a
metal piece is substituted for the spring piece: the said metal piece is provided
with a tongue on which the stud of the stirrup leather bears and is thus retained in
position. In the event of a lateral or vertical strain or pull on the stud the metal
piece will turn on its pivot by which it is secured to the curved plate mounted on
the base plate and will thus release the stud.
In place of the stud and buckle or loop for the stirrup leather being formed in one
piece I may form them in separate parts which may be hinged or jointed together.
Dated this 16th day of November 1894.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in and connected with Safety Saddlebars or
Suspenders for Stirrup Leathers.
I, GUSTAVE BIEBUYCK, of 52 Rue de Spa, Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium,
Engineer, 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 relates to improvements in and connected with safety saddle bars
or suspenders for stirrup leathers and has for its object to effect the ready release
of the stirrup leathers when the rider is thrown and his foot is entangled in
whatever direction the rider may be thrown from his horse.
I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 being a side view, end view, and plan of a device constructed
according to my invention.

page_text: Figure 4 a side view of a modified form.
Figures 5 and 6, and 7 and 8, views at right angles to each other of two f
the stud to engage with the device and the loop or bar for the leather, and
Figures 9 and 10 views at right angles to each other of a modified form of the
device.
According to this invention I employ a base plate A which can be secured to
the saddle in the ordinary way and on which the safety saddle bar is mounted.
Attached to the said base plate is a curved plate B recessed or opened on its upper
side and provided with a piece Y kept in position by the spring y.
On this curved
plate B is placed the stud C to which the bar or loop c supporting the stirrup
leather is attached, the said stud being formed with a rim or flange which engages
behind the curved plate B and the piece Y or in a groove or slot formed therein-
the edges of the plate B and piece Y entering the groove in the stud.
When the rider is thrown and his foot is caught in the stirrup and the strain on
the saddle bar is say in a lateral direction the stud C will bear on the spring piece Y
which will yield and allow the stud and consequently the stirrup to be released
from the saddle.
When the rider is thrown over the horse's back (from left to right or from right
to left) the stud C will bear against the upper part of the piece Y causing it to be
displaced and the stirrup will thus in like manner be set free.
In place of the arrangement described I may employ a modification in which a
metal piece Z (Fig. 4) is substituted for the piece Y; the said metal piece being
provided with a tongue e on which the stud C of the bar of the stirrup leather bears
and is thus retained in position. In the event of a lateral or vertical strain or pull
on the stud the metal piece Z will turn on its pivot z by which it is secured to the
curved plate B mounted on the base plate A and thus the stud and stirrup will be
released. The stud C and loop or bar c for the stirrup leather may be formed in
one piece as in Figures 7 and 8 or in separate parts jointed or looped together as
shewn in Figures 5 and 6.
In the modification shewn in Figures 9 and 10 the plate B instead of being fixed
to the saddle plate A is suspended therefrom by a hook X which forms part of the
said saddle plate and passes through an eye b in the plate B. The spring controlled
piece Y can be forced open in a rearward direction so as to allow the stud C
supporting the bar for the stirrup leather to become disengaged. A piece such as Z
can be used in place of the piece Y.
If the rider fall off backwards, the stirrup is released as already described, if he
fall off over the horse to one side or the other the part B is unhooked from the
hook X and the stirrup is set free.
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 apparatus described comprising the plate B open at its upper part and
provided either with a spring controlled piece Y (Figures 1, 2 and 3) or a piece Z
(Figure 4) in combination with the stud and bar or loop C (Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8)
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The apparatus shown in Figures 9 and 10 comprising a plate A with a hook X
and plate B suspended from the said hook supporting the bar or loop C which is
kept in position by a piece such as Y or Z all operating substantially as and for
the purposes hereinbefore described.
Dated this 30th day of July 1895
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
Agents.