An Improved Safety Stirrup.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 8th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 9th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Safety Stirrup.
I, JOHN SCOTT, of the Firm of Hampson and Scott, of Clarence Works,
Walsall in the County of Stafford, Saddlers' Ironmonger, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:--
This invention relates to an improvement applied to the safety stirrup for which
I have obtained Letters Patent under the No. 1765 and date of February 9th
1885.
In the Specification to my aforesaid Patent I have described and shown stop
pieces whereby the pivotting of. the bottom plate of the stirrup is limited to one
direction.
In practice this limitation has been found to be attended with certain
inconveniences; for example, the stirrup must be presented to the foot of the rider
so that the bottom plate carrying the inner bow will pivot backward, and in order
that the rider when mounting may be assured that the stirrup is in proper position
I have found it desirable to make the bottom plate of a different form back and
front.
I now therefore propose to dispense with the aforesaid stop pieces and thus
permit the bottom plate to pivot freely on the legs of the stirrup in either direction
carrying the inner bow with it, whereby no mistake can be made in attaching the
stirrup to the stirrup leather and I am enabled to give to the bottom plate an oval
shape with one or more bars or any other graceful form with certainty that the
position of the stirrup for safety purposes will inevitably be secured.
Dated this 8th day of February 1893.
Applicant,
GEDGE & FEENY,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Safety Stirrup.
I, JOHN SCOTT, of the Firm of Hampson and Scott,. of Clarence Works
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:-
This invention relates to an improvement applied to the safety stirrup for which
I have obtained Letters Patent under the Number 1765 and date of February 9,
1885.
In the Specification to my aforesaid Patent, I have described and shewn stop
pieces whereby the pivotting of the bottom plate of the stirrup is limited to one
direction.
In practice this liniitation has been found to be attended with certain
inconveniences; for example the stirrup must be presented to the foot of the rider
so that the bottom plate carrying the inner bow will pivot backward, and in order
that the rider when mounting may be assured that the stirrup is in proper position
I have found it desirable to make the bottom plate of a different form back and
front. I now therefore propose to dispense with the aforesaid stop pieces and thus
permit the bottom plate to pivot freely on the legs of the stirrup in either direction
carrying the inner bow with it, whereby no mistake can be made in attaching the
stirrup to the stirrup-leather, and I am enabled to give to the bottom plate an oval
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page_text: shape with one or more bars, or any other graceful form, with certainty that the
position of the stirrup for safety purposes will inevitably be secured.
In order to prevent the inner bow from turning too freely or when not in use, I
may if I desire form a small projection or stud on either side of the bow, and a
corresponding depression or recess on the inner face of each of the stirrup legs into
which the projections engage when the inner bow is in place. I may form the
inner bow in halves and hinge each half separately, or I may make it in one or
more sections and hinge it at one side, or at the junction of the sections as found
desirable.
And in order that my invention may be more clearly understood reference is had
to the accompanying sheet of drawings upon which,
Figure 1 represents a front view or elevation of my improved safety stirrup
Figure 2 being a side view of same shewing inner bow turned to the left.
Figure 3 is a similar view but with inner bow turned to the right.
Figure 4 is a front view of a stirrup shewing the inner bow padded._
Figure 5 represents a stirrup with the inner bow padded and hinged to one side
only.
A, represents the stirrup iron.
B, the inner bow.
C, the foot plate.
D, pivots upon which the inner bow turns.
E, hinge for inner bow.
F, projections formed upon the inner bow.
G, depressions or recesses formed in legs of stirrup.
H, padding secured upon inner bow.
The foot plate may be made either solid or with two or more bars, and the
padding upon the inner bow may either be made in one piece or in halves.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In safety stirrups, an inner bow capable of revolving in either direction as
described and illustrated upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
2. In safety-stirrups having an inner bow capable of revolving in either direction
the use of the projections F in combination with the depressions or recesses G or
equivalent device as and for the purposes described.
3. Safety stirrups constructed, combined and arranged as described and
illustrated upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this Eighth day of November 1893.