Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1899-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1899
I, FRIEDRICH RIETBROCK, Colonist, of Lengerich, in the Province of Westphaly
and Kingdom of Prussia, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention relates to a safety saddle-bar, which is represented in the
annexed drawing.
Figure 1 shows the saddle bar in a side view, the bar being closed; Figure 2
represents the bar in that moment, in which the stirrup leather releases from the
bar; Figure 3 shows a section to the line A--B of Figure 1; Figure 4 shows a
section to the line C-D of Figure 1 and Figure 5 is a section to the line E-F of
Figure 2.
a is a piece, made of metal and provided with two plates b and c, fixed to the
saddle tree by means of screws.
To the lower part of the piece a the arm d is fixed by means of a screw or
rivet in such a manner, that it may be turned in a horizontal direction around the
rivet or screw.
The arm is provided with a lengthening piece e of semi-circled shape (Fig. 5),
which serves as support for the arm f moveably attached to the part a by means
of a rivet in such a manner that the part f also may be turned in horizontal direc-
tion around the rivet.
The surface of the arm f, as may be shown from the Figures 4 and 5, has a
semi-circled shape and serves as slide-face for the piece g, provided with a slit ¿
and supporting the stirrup leather h.
On the upper part of the piece a there is arranged a bow 7, the free end of which
is pressed downwards upon the slide-face of the arm f by means of a spring.
To each of both sides of the saddle is attached one piece of the new saddle-bar,
which is, as already mentioned, fixed to the saddle tree in such a manner, that
its longitudinal direction is parallel to that of the saddle, and that the arm f and
the bow are directed towards the breast of the horse.
The parts of the saddle-bar have the position represented in Figure 1.
When the rider comes into danger, whether in consequence of that the horse
may be frightened or of that it stumbles or breaks down, the rider stretches his
legs in the direction towards the breast of the horse; thereby drawing close the
stirrup-leathers, by his feet, contained in the stirrups.
In consequence of this the slide-piece g, to which the stirrup leather is fixed,
slides upon the slide-face of the arm f, to the fore-part of the latter and turns the
bow as far as to become free from the slide-face.
In order to facilitate the separation of the slide-piece g and the arm f, the latter
and its support d, e are, as already mentioned, in the horizontal direction moveably
fixed to the piece a, so that, if the slide-piece y has reached the fore-part of f,
the arms and e may be somewhat turned by the help of the rider off of the
saddle tree, in order to avoid the squeezing of the slide-piece g between the arm f
and the bow 7.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
A saddle bar, consisting of the piece a, fixed to the saddle tree by means of
plates and c and provided with an arm f in horizontal direction moveably fixed
to it and having a surface of semi-circled shape, of a sliding-piece g, provided with
a slit and bearing the stirrup leather and of a bow 7, the free end of which is
pressed upon the slide-face of the arm f by means of a spring.
1000
For FRIEDRICH RIETBROCK,
A. Ittenbach.