A New or Improved Saddle-bar or Attachment for Stirrup Leathers.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 30th Mar., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Saddle-bar or Attachment for Stirrup
Leathers.
1, JAMES GRIEVE LORRAIN, of Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Strand,
London, W.C., in the County of Middlesex, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, (as communicated to me from abroad by
Ernest Lalanne, of 12 Rue Troyon, Paris, in the Republic of France, Professor of
Horsemanship), and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to a new or improved saddle-bar or holder or attachment
for stirrup leathers which is of such construction that in the event of the rider
being thrown the stirrup is separated from the saddle and the rider released.
The accompanying drawings show the holder constructed according to my
invention and intended for the left side of the saddle. The one on the right side
is of similar but symmetric form.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the holder in its closed position.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the holder in its open position.
The body of the piece a is furnished with two tags or projections b and c which
serve to fix it to the saddle. The lower bar m is articulated at d to the said body.
The other extremity of this bar is sustained by a strong hook e which is itself
articulated at f to the extremity of the upper bar g which is integral with the
piece a. A projecting part integral with the piece a serves or aids in retaining
the stirrup leather in its normal position during riding. The stirrup leather is
passed between the two bars g and m and is sustained by the bar m.
By means of the engagement of the bar m in the hook e as shown in Figure 1
the stirrup leather is firmly retained under all normal conditions. If however the
rider be thrown and his foot is entangled in the stirrup the stirrup leather is drawn
backwards with a certain force and is disengaged in the manner which I shall now
describe.
The automatic disengagement of the stirrup leather is accomplished by means of
the latch i which is articulated at k to the bar m. When the holder is in its closed
position as shown in Figure 1 the free extremity of the latch i presses against the
hook e the inner curve of which is such that when the free end of the latch i is
moved downwards it presses upon the said hook and forces it away from the free
extremity of the movable bar m.
When then the stirrup leather is only sustaining the pressure of the foot of the
rider its edge only presses against that part of the latch which is close to the point
of articulation k so that the pressure of the latch upon the hook is small and
insufficient to disengage the movable bar m. But, if the stirrup leather is now
pulled backwards with a strong pressure as would happen if the rider were thrown
and his foot entangled in the stirrup, the pressure of the stirrup leather upon the
latch i would become great and would be exerted nearer to the free end of the said
latch so that the latter would now exert a sufficiently strong pressure against the
hook to disengage the movable bar m. The said movable bar m moving free to
the position shown in Figure 2 would allow the stirrup leather to be freed so that
the rider would no longer be dragged by the foot as the stirrup would no longer be
attached to the saddle.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, (as communicated to me from abroad by my foreign correspondent) and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is.
1. The new or improved saddle-bar or attachment for stirrup leathers substantially
as set forth. .
2. The arrangement and combination of parts set forth with reference to
Figures 1 and 2.
Dated this 14th day of February 1895.
J. G. LORRAIN,
Chartered Patent Agent.