Patent ID: 7506493

Claim:
A safety stirrup comprising: a mounting member having arms, an intermediate portion extending between the arms and an adaptation in the intermediate portion for attachment of a stirrup strap thereto; a foot support pivotally mounted between the arms when the stirrup is in normal use, wherein the foot support comprises a tread having an extension projecting upwardly from each end of the tread, the distal ends of which extensions join to form a loop; co-operating engagement means between the foot support and the mounting member to retain the loop of said foot support in a plane generally coincident with a central plane of the mounting member when the stirrup is in said normal use; wherein rotation of said foot support from said normal in use position, in either direction relative to the mounting member, without any initial vertical movement of the foot support relative to the mounting member prior to said rotation, initiates full disengagement of the foot support from the mounting member.