A STIRRUP WITH A SPRING IN THE EYE, AND A NEW-INVENTED SPRING BOTTOM, FOR THE SAFETY OF PERSONS RIDING ON HORSEBACK, AND TO PREVENT THEIR BEING DRAGGED IN THE STIRRUP
Year: 1813

page_text: TO ALL TO. WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
GREEN, of Lisle Street, Leicester Square, in the County of Middlesex, Sadler's
Ironmonger, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent. under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Third day of March,
in the fifty-third year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the said Richard
Green, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, His especial licence, full power, sole
privilege and authority, that I, the said Richard Green, my exors, adñiors,
and assigns, should and. lawfully might, during the term of years therein men-
tioned, make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A STIRRUP WITH A SPRING IN THE
EYE, AND A NEW-INVENTED SPRING BOTTOM, FOR THE SAFETY OF PERSONS RIDING ON
HORSEBACK, AND TO PREVENT THEIR BEING DRAGGED IN THE STIRRUP;" in which said
Letters Patent there is contained a proviso that if I, the said Richard Green,
shall not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be enrolled in His
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent, that then the said
Letters Patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever thereby granted,
shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, (as in and by the same,
relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Richard Green, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention.

page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in and by the Drawing hereunto annexed, and the following
references or description thereof, that is to say: ·
The stirrup is made of steel in the usual form or shape, according to
Drawings A and A.
The two sides of the bottom of the stirrup form the spring. a, a, which
clasp the side of the stirrup b, b. The latter, being let in with a dovetail,
and secured by a screw pin c, form a pivot for the opening of the stirrup at
d, d. The eye of the stirrup is made to act with a spring at e, e, or d, d. The
side of the stirrup b, b, from the construction of the spring when acting, will
open outside, and turn under the bottom, which compleatly releases the foot
from the stirrup; and the projection f, f, at the end of the side b, b, secures
the spring from acting at an improper time. The utility of the present Inven-
tion is thus exemplified-While the rider retains his seat upon the saddle, with
the usual play of the foot in the stirrup, no accident can occur by the spring
acting improperly, either in a leap by the horse, or going up or down
hill, or otherwise; but should the rider be thrown, then, as the foot will
necessarily press either upon the side of the stirrup b, b, or g, g, the
spring immediately comes into action, for by a pressure or drag of the foot
upon the side g, g, the stirrup-leather is forced against the eye of the stirrup,
and the rider is disengaged by the spring e, e. If the pressure of dragg of the
foot be upon the side d, d, then the rider is disengaged by the stirrup flying
open both at d, d, and e, e.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Green; have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Third day of September, in the year of our Lord
'One thousand eight hundred and thirteen.