An Improved Safety Riding Stirrup.
Year: 1894

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Safety Riding Stirrup.
I, HENRY CARRINGTON, of 75, Blue Lane West, Walsall, Staffordshire,
Manufacturer of Bits and Stirrups, 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 consists of the herein-described improved safety riding stirrup
which is suitable more particularly for use by men but can also be used by
women.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawing on
which
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section of a riding stirrup constructed according
to this invention.
Fig. 2 is an elevation partly in section and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the
same riding stirrup open and Fig. 4 is an inverted plan of the same riding stirrup
closed as shewn in Fig. 1.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the
drawing.
In carrying out this invention the two side legs A' A' of the stirrup are hinged
to the sides of the tread B by pins c' c³ passing through the feet of the legs A'A'
and through the two side strips 66 of which the tread is formed. One of the side
legs A has formed with it the eye a¹ through which the stirrup leather is threaded
and the other leg A' has an inwardly and downwardly projecting pin a' formed
near its upper end which pin when the stirrup is closed as shewn in Fig. 1 engages
in a corresponding hole a³ in the upper part of the leg A¹. By the peg a pro-
jecting downwardly in an inclined direction as shewn the pressure of the rider's
foot upon the tread does not tend to open the stirrup but rather to keep it closed.
Each of the legs A' A' has a flat heel a' formed at its bottom end against which
heels the stout flat steel spring D bears this spring D being located at the bottom
of the tread between the side plates 616' and fixed to a cross piece 6³ by a rivet e
this cross piece being also fixed to the side bars 6' 6 of the tread. The top of
the tread is formed by a plate F which is roughened on its upper surface and is
fitted in between the side bars b'b' (which are also roughened on the top) and fixed
by the rivets e to the aforesaid cross piece b³ so as to make the tread complete.
When the stirrup is closed as shewn in Fig. 1 the stout flat steel spring D acts
upon the heels a' of the legs A' A' and maintains the legs closed together as shewn
in Fig. 1 but when there is a side strain on the leg A as would be the case when
the stirrup was in use and the rider was thrown the spring D allows of the legs
opening outwardly from the tread as shewn in Fig. 2 so as to release the rider's
foot and the spring D maintains the legs thus opened out until they are closed
together again. By constructing the safety riding stirrup as above described and
shewn on the accompanying drawing it is almost impossible when it is in use to find
out that it is a safety stirrup.
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 a safety riding stirrup, in which both legs are jointed to the sides of the
tread, making the legs with heels such as a' in combination with a stout flat spring

page_text: legs together when the stirrup is closed and allow of their opening apart when the
rider is thrown substantially as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated by the accom-
pauying drawing.
2. A safety riding stirrup constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 9th day of January 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.