Improvements in Safety Stirrup Leather Holders and Safety Stirrups.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 16th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 21st June, 189G
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Safety Stirrup Leather Holders and Safety
Stirrups.
We PATRICK MURPHY and TIMOTHY MURPHY both of Number 73 and 74 Main
Street Clonmel in the County of Tipperary Ireland Agricultural Engineers do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
:-
The said improvements consists firstly of a bracket with an arın or pin attached to
same and tapered block said block being back part of said bracket and is fitted thereto
and when so fitted said bracket slides into and is fastened to the saddle bar or saddle
tree. Said arm is inclined upwards and backwards. Upon said arm is placed or
hung the stirrup leather holder and said bolder is free to swing upon said arm. Said
stirrup leather holder is prevented from slipping out over the end of said arm while
the rider is on the saddle by means of a stop formed on the end of said arm. When
the rider falls off the stirrup swings upwards thereby causing the part of said stirrup
leather holder that is resting on the said arm to swing around over the said stop
when it instantly slips therefrom and is released.
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Drawing Fig. 1. "A is said bracket; "B" said arm or pin ;
"G" said stop.
Drawing Fig. 2. E is said tapered block. Drawing Fig. 3. D is said stirrup leather
holder. Drawing Fig. 4. M shews the position of said stirrup leather holder when
swung upwards and around. The said improvements consists secondly of the stirrup
foot rest being constructed so as in the case of a fall of the rider it will become
detached from the bow of the stirrup to which it is connected at both ends by
being placed upon four seats and said seats are formed in the stirrup bow two on
each end. The part of said foot rest that rests on the seats of stirrup are extended
from the front edge to about half the breadth of the foot rest the remaining half of
said foot rest next the heel of boot is not supported. Said foot rest when placed
on said seats is kept from slipping out by two stops formed at front ends of said
seats. Said foot rest is kept from raising over said front stops by means of pins
which are pressed by spiral or other springs. When the rider falls off and the boot
happens to be caught it will press the instep against the bow of stirrup and the sole
of boot, partly against the back edge and partly against the back part of top of foot
rest thereby causing the said foot-rest to swing or oscilate upon the seats thereby
forcing the said pins and spring upwards in which case the front part of foot rest
would rise over the stops and the said foot rest would be forced forward and released
from the stirrup. Drawing Fig. 1. is a side view of said bow of stirrup and the part
shewn at "U" is the front seat upon which the part of the foot rest shewn at "D
Drawing Fig. 3. is placed. Said part "D" is kept from slipping off by means of
a projecting feather formed on front part of same which fits inside the stop shewn
at "U" drawing Fig. 1. Drawing Fig. 1. "OO" are the two bearings in which
the pin "N" is placed. Said pin is pressed down on the part "D" of the foot rest
Drawing Fig. 3. by means of a spiral spring placed between the said two.
arms "O" Drawing Fig. 1. Drawing Fig. 2. is a front view of said stirrup the
parts shewn at "M M" are the said seats upon which said parts "P" Drawing
Fig. 3. of the foot rest are placed. Drawing Fig. 2 T and F are two slits through
which the stirrup leather is passed and the arm upon which the slit shewn at "F"
is formed increases the leverage on the bows of stirrup against the pressure of the
sole of boot on said foot rest. Drawing Fig. 3. when the rider falls off the saddle.
The back part of foot rest shewn at "S" Drawing Fig. 3. when pressed by the sole
of boot (in case of said boot being caught between the bow and foot rest) will be
forced downwards and forward thereby lifting it off the front seat shewn at "U"
Drawing Fig. 1. and when so lifted it will slip forward and be released from the
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page_text: stirrup. It can be connected with the stirrup bow by a strap to prevent its being
lost. The foregoing improvements are applicable to ladies safety stirrup leather
holders and safety stirrups.
Dated this 4th day of Santambor 1880
PATRICK MURPHY.
TIMOTHY MURPHY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Safety Stirrup Leather Holders and Safety
Stirrups.
We PATRICK MURPHY and TIMOTHY MURPHY both of Number 73 and 74 Main
Street Clonmel in the County of Tipperary Ireland Agricultural Engineers 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 said Improvements consist firstly of a bracket having an arm projecting
therefrom and a tapered block said block being the back part of said bracket and is
permanently attached thereto and when so attached said bracket slides into and is
fastened in the usual way to the ordinary saddle bar or saddle tree. The said arm
is inclined upwards and backwards. Upon said arm is placed or hung the stirrup
leather holder and said holder is free to swing upon said arm. Said stirrup leather
holder is prevented by an over head stop or spring (which is fitted to end of said
arm and curves above same at a suitable distance therefrom) from being jerked
upwards and it is also prevented from slipping out over the end of said arm by
means of a projecting stop or flange while the rider is in the saddle but when the
rider falls off the stirrup is swung upwards thereby causing the part of said stirrup
leather holder that is resting on the said arm to swing around over the stop when
it instantly slips over end of said arm and is at once released from the saddle vide
Drawings left with Provisional Specification which we now adopt. Drawing Figure 1.
sheet 1. "A" is said bracket. "B" said arm. "G" said stop. Drawing
Figure 2. "E" is said tapered block. Drawing Figure 3. D is said stirrup leather
holder Drawing Figure 4. "M" shews the position of said stirrup leather when
swung upwards and around. The second of said improvements consists in the stirrup
foot rest being constructed so that in case of a fall of the rider it will become
detached from the bow of the stirrup to which it is connected at both ends by being
placed upon four seats. Said seats are formed in the stirrup bow two in each side.
The part of the said foot rest that rests on the seats of stirrup extends from the front
edge to about half the breadth of foot rest the remaining half of said foot rest next
the heel of boot is not supported. Said foot rest when placed on said seats is kept
from slipping out by two stops formed at front ends of said seats. Said foot rest is
kept from raising over said front stops by means of pins which are pressed upon it
by spiral or other springs. When the rider falls and the boot happens to be caught
it will press the instep against the bow of stirrup and the sole of boot partly against
the back edge and partly against back part of top of foot rest thereby causing the
said foot rest to swing or oscilate upon the seats thereby forcing the said pins and
spring upwards in which case the front part of foot rest would rise over the stops
in which case the foot rest would be forced assunder and released from the stirrup.
Drawing Figure 1. sheet 2. is a side view of said bow of stirrup. The part shewn
at "U" is the front seat upon which the part of the foot rests Drawing Figure 3.
shewn at "D" is placed. Said part "D" is kept from slipping off by means of a
projecting feather formed on front part of it which fits inside the stop shewn at "U."
Figure 1. sheet 2. at "OO" are shown the two bearings in which the pin "N" is
placed. Said pin is pressed down on the part "D" of the foot rest Figure 3. by
means of a spiral spring placed between said two arms "00" Figure 1. Drawing
Figure 2. is a front view of said stirrup the parts shewn at "M M" are the said
seats upon which said parts "P" Figure 3. of the foot rest are placed. In drawing

page_text: Figure 2. are shewn two slots at "T" and "F" through which the stirrup leather
is passed the arm upon which the slit shewn at "F" is formed increases the
leverage on the bows of stirrup against the pressure of the sole of boot on said foot
rest Figure 3. when the rider falls off the saddle. The back part of foot rest
Figure 3. shewn at "S" when pressed by the sole of boot in case of said boot
being caught between the bow and foot rest will be forced downwards and forward
thereby lifting it off the front seat shewn at "U" Figure 1. sheet 2. and when so
lifted it will slip forward and become released from stirrup. It can be connected
with stirrup bow by a strap to prevent its being lost. In drawing Figure 4. sheet 3.
hereto attached is shewn a further means by which said pins "N" Drawing
Figure 1. sheet 2. can be kept down on said foot rest by means of a bow as shewn
at "V" Drawing Figure 4. sheet 3. Said bow is hinged at "XX" to the stirrup
bow shewn in Drawing Figure 2. sheet 2. and as so hinged its two ends will rest on
the ends of the two pins as shewn in side view at "N. N" Drawing Figure 1.
sheet 2. Said bow "V" Drawing Figure 4. sheet 3. is provided with a spring
at "Y" which rests against the front of the stirrup bow and in case the foot is
caught when the rider is thrown off the pressure of foot against the said bow
at "V" will force it back towards the stirrup bow thereby moving forward its two
ends and setting free the pins "N. N" shewn at side view Drawing Figure 1.
sheet 2. in which case the foot rest will slip out. Said foot rest may be supported
on two seats one under each end in which case said seats may extend back towards
the heel of boot nearly the whole breadth of said foot rest.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In the improvements firstly herein described the said bracket "A" complete
drawing Figure 1. sheet 1. can be attached in a moment to any existing saddle
having the ordinary saddle bar and can be slided into said saddle bar by the hand
wherein it remains upon the arm of said bracket the stirrup leather holder "D" is
then placed or hung and it cant get displaced or come off by reason of the over
head stop or spring attached to the butt end of arm of said bracket and the projecting
stop at the point of arm of said bracket until swung around as herein before described
by a fall of the rider from the saddle.
2. The said firstly herein described improvements are applicable to ladies saddles.
3. By the employment of seats in each end of stirrup bow as mentioned in the
improvements berein secondly described the foot rest of stirrup bow is placed upon
said seats and is thereby kept from slipping over or being jerked off said said
seats "M. M" Drawing Figure 2. sheet 2. by stops formed on the ends of said
seats, and said foot rest is prevented from rising over said front stops by means of
the pins "N. N" Drawing Figure 1. sheet 2. being pressed upon said foot rest by
spiral or other springs.
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4. By the adoption of the improvements herein secondly described the certainty
of the said foot rest being released or disengaged from the said seats "M. M"
drawing Figure 2. sheet 2. is assured when the ends of the hinged bow "V"
Drawing Figure 4 sheet 3. are moved from off the ends of the pins
"N. N"
Drawing Figure 1. sheet 2. when the said hinged bow is pressed back towards the
front of the stirrup bow by the pressure of the foot against it and against the back
part of foot rest in case the riders foot is caught in the event of a fall from the
saddle.
5. The said secondly herein described improvements are also applicable to ladies
saddles.
PATRICK MURPHY.
TIMOTHY MURPHY.