US174492A

US174492A - Improvement in riding-saddles

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Publication number: US174492A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1876-03-07
Anticipated expiration: 1893-03-07

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W. B. cRosBY. RIDING-SADDLE. .'No. 1174,24-92.- Patented mmh-7, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATrnvT OFFICE.

WARREN B. CROSBY, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN RlDlNG-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,492, dated March 7 1876; application led November'l, 1875,.

To all whom it may concern:

VBe it known that I, WARREN B. CROSBY, of Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and in the State of Tennessee. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stirrups; and do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to` the aecompa' nying drawings, land t0 the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part ot' this specification.

My invention relates to wooden stirrups; and it consists in the construction of the clamp or clasp at the upper end ot' the stirrup with the spring-connection for connecting the same to the stirrup-strap; and it also consistsvin one cr more corrugated metal plates inserted in and fastened to the wood for the foot to rest on, as will be hereinafter more lfully set forth. v

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which myv invention appertains to make and use the same, l will now proceed to describe its construction and operation., refer- 'ring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is alongitudinal section of a wooden stirrup embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. f

A represents an ordinary wooden stirrup constructed in any ot the known and usual ways. Across the upper end of the stirrup l A is a metal plate, B, provided with lips or iian ges C C at its en'ds, which extend a suitable distance downward along the sides of the stirrup, and are riveted thereto. In the center of the plate B is formed a nipple, a, to form a wide bearing, and prevent any side movement for the rod or spindle D passing through the salne. On the upper end of this spindle is formed a loop, E, for the attachment of the stirrup-strap. On the rod or spindle D, below the plate B, is placed-a series of rubber balls or springs, G Gr, and a washer, b, is riveted on the end of the rod to hold them thereon. These rubber balls or springsare graduated, as shown-that is,they are made of di'ere-nt size, weight, and thickness, the largest and heaviest being immediately below the plate B, then the next largest, and so on, the smallest and lightest being at the lower end of the rod. s

By these means the light spring will operate iirst, and then gradually the heavier springs come into play, so that the stirrup will answer both for light and heavy riders, and the springs adjust themselves to either.

In the lower part ot' the stirrup A, along each edge, is a plate, H, corrugated on its upper surface, so as' tc prevent the foot from slipping. These plates are let into the wood and fastened by rivets or other suitable means.

I am aware that the use ot' a spring in connection with a stirrup is, broadly, not new.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a wooden stirrup, A, 'of the clamp or clasp B C, with nipple a. formed thereon, the rod D with loop E, and the rubber balls cr springs G Gr, of different sizes and thicknesses, all constructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingpI have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of October, 1875.

1WARREN B. CROSBY.

Witnesses:

En. MULLERY, JOHN F. GALLAHER.