Improvements in Suspending Saddle Stirrups.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in Suspending Saddle Stirrups.
1, PETER JENSEN, Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents of 77 Chancery Lane
in the County of Middlesex, a communication to me from abroad by Percy Albert
Isaacs of Eden Villa, Malvern, Jamaica Engineer do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention the Stirrup leathers or straps are so constructed as to
enable a short rider conveniently to mount a tall horse and to enable the rider to
adjust the stirrup leather or strap to the right or any desired length when in the
saddle. For this purpose the guilet plate is extended downward and slightly bent
inward towards the body of the horse and has an arm at the bottom to which is
attached a rubber or other spring to which the stirrup leather is buckled or attached.
The stirrup leather may be made as a single or double strap and is when single
consequently made wider where required. It passes up through a hole in a buckle
bar and then down to the stirrup.
The buckle is formed with a hinged spring jaw with one or more teeth that fall
into holes in the leather. By pressing on a button the spring jaw is raised so that
the stirrup leather is released and the stirrup may be pulled down to any required
length for the rider to mount conveniently. The button is then let go so that the
jaw grips the leather firmly again. The rider then mounts. By pressing the button
again the stirrup will by the action of the rubber spring be pulled up to its original
or any required position and when the button is again released the jaw holds the
leather firmly again.
In order to do away with the extended gullet plate and instead of having a rubber
or other spring in the form of a strap and connected to the stirrup leather, a bar
with a helical or other spring or springs may be mounted on the saddle-tree in such
manner that when a catch is released the stirrup-leather may be unrolled from the bar
and held at any desired position when the pressure is again taken off the catch:
when the rider is in the saddle and has placed his feet in the stirrups, he applies
pressure to the catch and the bar revolves by means of the spring thereby rolling
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page_text: up the stirrup leather untill pressure is taken off the catch. Or the extended gullet
plate may be done away with and the india rubber or other spring as first described
may be connected direct to the girth.
According to another modification the extended gullet plate and spring as first
described are used and a pivotted locking arm or other devise is mounted in or on a
suitable bearing or bearings on the saddle tree, which locking arm is normally jambed
firmly against the stirrup leather by means of a helical or other spring or by means
of a sliding feather provided with a projecting knob which moves in grooves in the
spindle of the locking arm and the bearing thereof. The locking arm is provided with
an arm or knob for moving back the same and releasing the pressure on the stirrup
leather. The faces on the locking arm and the corresponding part of the gullet plate
are preferably roughened so as to bold the stirrup leather better, and a roller might
be mounted on the locking arm so that when said arm does not jamb against the
leather the latter can run freely over same. The extended gullet plate is hinged in
such a way as to enable it to move so as to fit any horse and under some circumstances
such for instance as in case of accident to the apparatus, an ordinary stirrup leather
may easily be applied by having a hinged bar with a catch on the gullet plate.
Dated this 24th day of February 1888.

page_text: Improvements in Suspending Saddle Stirrups.
1, PETER JENSEN Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents of 77 Chancery Lane
in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of this invention a commu-
nication to me from abroad by Percy Albert Isaacs of Eden Villa Malvern Jamaica
Engineer and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
According to this invention the stirrup leathers or straps are so constructed as to
enable a short rider conveniently to mount a tall or restive horse and to enable the
rider when in the saddle to adjust the stirrup leather or strap to the right length or
to any desired length. When the invention is applied to a lady's saddle it enables a
lady to mount without assistance.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side view of one arrangement applied
to a saddle, figure 2 a sectional end view of one side of the saddle, and figure 3 an
enlarged detail view. The gullet plate A is extended downward and slightly bent
inward towards the body of the horse and has at the bottom an arm A¹ to which is
buckled or attached a spring B, such for instance as a flattened helical spring or a
rubber spring. The stirrup leather C may be made as a single or double strap and is
when single consequently made wider where required. It passes up through a hole
in a buckle bar A forming an upper lateral extension of the gullet plate A and then
down to the stirrup. The buckle D which is also shewn separately in side view at
figure 3 is formed with a hinged spring jaw having one or more teeth that fall into
holes in the leather C. By pressing on a button D¹ or part at the end of the spring
jaw D the opposite toothed end of same is raised so that the stirrup leather C is
released and the stirrup may be pulled down to any required length for the rider to mount
conveniently when the button D¹ has been let go and the jaw D grips the leather C
firmly again, its teeth entering the holes suitable for the desired length of leather:
The rider then mounts. By again pressing the button D¹ the stirrup will by the
action of the spring B be pulled up to its original or any required position, and when
the pressure of the button is again taken off the teeth of the jaw will enter the desired
holes in the leather and hold it firmly again.
In another form shown in figures 4 and 5 the extended gullet plate is done away
with and instead of having a rubber or other spring in the form of a strap connected
to the stirrup leather a round bar F is provided having a spring connected to it say
for instance a spiral spring enclosed in a fusee box G provided with a pawl wheel K.
This bar F is mounted on the saddle tree H by means of bearing brackets I and J
and the stirrup leather attached to it and coiled round it. When the pawl catch L is
released from the pawl wheel K the stirrup leather C may be unrolled from the
bar F and thereupon when the pressure is taken off the pawl lever L held at any
desired position. The pawl lever L is fitted with a spring L'. When the rider has
mounted in the saddle he applies pressure to the catch lever L and the bar F will be
revolved by the spring in the fusee box G thereby coiling up the stirrup leather to

page_text: the desired length whereupon the pressure is taken off the catch lever L. By the
arrangement of round bar or roller F the lump usually formed by the buckle under
the bar flap is avoided.
Or the extended gullet plate figures 1 and 2 may be done away with and the
rubber or other spring B may as shown in figures 6 and 6ª be connected direct to
the girth M.
According to another modification illustrated by figures 7 to 12 the extended gullet
plate A and spring B as first described are used and a pivoted locking arm or cam
spindle D or equivalent device is mounted in or on a suitable bearing or bearings D³ D² D³
on the saddle tree.
Figure 7 is front view of this arrangement figures 8 and 9 sectional end views
of cam spindle in two positions and figure 10 enlarged sectional plan. The cam D
is normally jambed firmly against the stirrup leather as shown in figure 8 by means
of a sliding feather N provided with knob N¹ and made to slide in a groove of the
cam spindle D. The cam spindle D is provided with an arm or knob D₁ for moving
back the same and releasing the pressure on the stirrup leather C. The gripping
faces on the cam D and the corresponding part A2 of the gullet plate A are preferably
roughened as shown so as to hold the stirrup leather better, and a roller might be
mounted on the nipping end of the cam D so that when the latter does not jamb
against the leather the latter can run freely over same. In figures 11 and 12 front
view and plan section of another arrangement the cam spindle is provided with a
helical spring N which tends to lock the cam against the leather: The extended
gullet plate or the extended part of it may be hinged to the bar as shown in front
view and side view in figures 13 and 14 in such a way as to enable it to adapt itself
to fit any horse. Under some circumstances such for instance in case of accident to
the appliances an ordinary stirrup leather may easily be applied by providing a hinged
bar with a catch O on the gullet plate.
Checks may be provided for preventing the rubber or other springs from being
overstretched.
In all cases the stirrup leather may be double the perforated buckle end being
slightly pared down in thickness.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
First A stirrup leather provided with an elastic part for length adjustment
and attached to the gullet plate or the girth means being provided for fixing the
stirrup leather in position when adjusted substantially as set forth.
Second-The constructions of stirrup leather adjusting appliances shown and
described.
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