Improvements in Safety Stirrups.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Safety Stirrups.
I, JOHN SCOTT of the Firm of Hampson and Scott, of Clarence Works, Walsall
in the County of Stafford, Saddler's Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of:
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in safety stirrups, whereby their proper
action is insured should the rider be thrown, however careless the groom may be
when attaching to the stirrup to the saddle, while any desired shape may be given
to the foot plate.
The stirrup known as "Latchfords' as described in the Specification to his
expired Letters Patent No. 600 of 1834 has a tread-piece having pins engaging in
curvilinear grooves in the stirrup iron or legs and a flange clipping over one edge
of a bar set to pivot on said legs the arrangement being such that on the rider being.
thrown and the stirrup bar pressed to a certain angle the pins of the tread plate.
come out of the grooves and it is carried away by the foot of the rider. This was
subsequently inodified by the addition of pins in the tread-plate entering holes in
the bar, also by providing the tread-plate with an inner bow preventing the foot of
the falling rider being caught in the actual top of the stirrup.
A great disadvantage of the stirrup is that the grooves form stops arresting the
turning of the footplates otherwise than in one direction, so that if the stirrup is
not properly placed the fall of the rider will not rotate them.
I make a stirrup with a plate having pins passing through the legs of the stirrup.
so that it may pivot thereupon and I provide the tread plate of an inner bow with
a curved projection at each end to be entered into a corresponding recess formed:
on each leg, these recesses being formed so as to permit the tread-plate to revolve
in either direction, backward or forward, and with the top of each recess curved
corresponding to the curve of said projections so that while free to turn in said
recess they cannot lift vertically out of them, and I may make the underside of the.
tread plate with flanges fitting over both edges of the pivotting bar and recesses
fitting over-projections on its upper side.
I may make the pivotting plate or bar with flanges at each end so that it may be,
loosely pinned to the legs on the outside of the stirrup and the projections or studs
on the inner bow oval, circular or of other form, the recesses being correspondingly.
shaped to permit the bow to turn and thus leave. the stirrup, but not to lift in it
until brought to a certain angle.
Instead of carrying the bow upon a plate or bar extending across the stirrup I
may carry it on brackets pivoting on said legs, the bow being secured thereon
by pins or otherwise until brought to the falling angle. The projection of the
bow also entering recesses in the leg as already explained..
may also make the bottom bar of the stirrup a fixture and the bow with an
open tread plate having curved bearings to engage in corresponding recesses in
the legs and over suitable bearings on the fixed bar upon which it will pivot, the
combined bow plate and bar giving the appearance of an ordinary three barred
foot plate. It has the further advantage that if the inner bow is lost the rider still
has a complete ordinary stirrup of which the fixed bar forms the tread.
.
In all the arrangements above described, the bow turns backward and forward,
so that the stirrup cannot be improperly placed, and the footplate may be of any
desired form.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Safety Stirrups,
I, JOHN SCOTT of the Firm of Hampson & Scott, of Clarence Works Walsall,
in the County of Stafford Saddler's 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 improvements in safety stirrups whereby their proper
action is ensured should the rider be thrown, however careless the groom may be
when attaching the stirrup to the saddle; while any desired shape may be given to
the foot-plate.
· The stirrup known as "Latchford's" as described in the Specification to his
expired Letters Patent, No. 600 of 1854, has a tread-piece having pins engaging in
curvilineal grooves in the stirrup iron or legs and a flange clipping over one edge
of a bar set to pivot on said legs the arrangement being such that on the rider being
thrown and the stirrup bar pressed to a certain angle the pins of the tread plate
come out of the grooves, and it is carried away by the foot of the rider. This was
subsequently modified by the addition of pins in the tread plate entering holes in
the bar, also by providing the tread plates with an inner bow preventing the foot
of the falling rider being caught in the actual top of the stirrup.
A great disadvantage of this stirrup is that the grooves form stops arresting the
turning of the foot plates otherwise than in one direction, so that if the stirrup is
not properly placed the fall of the rider will not rotate them.
In order that my invention may be better understood reference is had to the
accompanying drawing upon which :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved stirrup.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of my improved stirrup shewing the inner bow
released.
According to my invention I construct a stirrup A with a plate or bar B having
pius C passing through the legs D of the stirrup A so that it may pivot there
upon, and I provide the tread-plate E of an inner bow F with a curved projection G
at each end to be entered into a corresponding recess H formed on each leg, these
recesses being formed so as to permit the tread-plate E to revolve in either
direction, backward or forward, and with the top of each recess curved corre-
sponding to the curve of said projections so that while free to turn in said.
recesses they cannot lift vertically out of them; and I make the underside of the
tread plate E with flanges fitting over both edges of the pivotting bar B and
recesses fitting over projections on its upper side.
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In another modification I make the pivotting plate or bar B with flanges at
each end so that it may be loosely pinned to the legs D on the outside of the
stirrup A and the projections or studs G on the inner bow F oval, circular or of
other form, the recesses H being correspondingly shaped to permit the bow F to
turn and thus leave the stirrup, but not to lift in it until brought to a certain
angle.
Or, instead of carrying the bow F upon a plate or bar B extending across the
stirrup I carry it on brackets pivotting on said legs, the bow F being secured
thereon by pins or otherwise, until brought to the falling angle; the projections G
of the bow Falso entering recesses H in the legs D as already explained.
Or, I make the bottom bar B of the stirrup A a fixture, and the bow F with an
open tread plate E having curved bearings G to engage in corresponding recesses H
in the legs D, and over suitable bearings on the fixed bar upon which it will pivot.
the combined bow plate and bar giving the appearance of an ordinary three
barred foot-plate. It has the further advantage that if the inner bow F is lost

page_text: the rider still has a complete ordinary stirrup of which the fixed bar B forms the-
tread.
In order to prevent the inner bow F from turning too freely I may provide
a small projection or catch-piece K on either side of the bow F, and a corre-
sponding recess L on the inner face of each of the stirrup legs D into which the
projections K engage when the inner bow is in place; or
form the pro-
jections K upon the inner face of the stirrup legs D and the recesses or depressions L.
upon the inner bow F.
may
In all the arrangements above described, the bow turns backward and forward,
so that the stirrup cannot be improperly placed, and the foot plate is of any
desired form.
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. Safety stirrups having an inner detachable bow arranged to revolve in either
direction for the purposes described, and substantially as illustrated upon the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
2. Safety stirrups constructed, combined and arranged substantially as shewn.
and described upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of December 1893.