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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEIGHTON L. SHEARER, OF WEISER, IDAHO TERRITORY.

STIRRUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 346,174, dated July 27, 1886.

Application filed May 5, 1886. Serial No. 201,177. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

.Be it known that I, LEIGHTON L. SHEARER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weiser, in the county of Washington and Territory of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Stirrups; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a stirrup constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section taken through the strap'block, and Fig. 3 a detail sectional view showing a modification ofthe spring attachment.

The present invention has for its object to provide a satety'stirrup that will effectually protect the rider on horseback from any accident by disengaging the feet from the stirrnps when the rider is thrown from the saddle, thereby avoiding the danger of the rider being dragged by the feet and injured by an ungovernable horse.

The invention therefore consists in a stirrup constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A B represent the two sections of the stirrup suitably hinged together, as shown, any well-known form of hinge-connection being u'sed,as found desirable. The sections A B have connected to them near their upper ends a suitablyfornied strap-block, O, and guide-rods a for the strap, one end of said rods being attached or fastened to the stirrupsection A, and the opposite ends to the strap-b1ock G, as shown in Fig. 2. The block 0 is formed with one or more chambers open at both ends to contain a spiral, rubber, or other suitable spring, D. In Fig. 2 I have shown these springs as fast ened at their ends to the stirrup-sectionsA B; but this is not essential, as any suitable means hook and eye, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper end of the stirrup-section B is not fastened to.

the strap-block O,as is the section A, but simply held thereto by the spring-connection and stay or guide pin e, projecting from the end of the block and entering a hole in the movable section B. Any lateral and outward pressure against the hinged section B by the foot of the rider sufficient to overcome the resistance of the spring will open the stirrup, disengaging the upper end of the hinged section with the stay-pin on the strap-block, thereby allowing the foot to be immediately released from the stirrup, the spring drawing the hinged section back in position against the end of the strap block. The rods anpon each side of the block 0, through or between which the supportingstrap passes,prevent the strap from slipping outward and pressing the hinged section B off from the stay pin, also serve to prevent the stirrup from turning over.

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

A riding-stirrup comprising a stationary and a hinged section and astrap-block secured to the stationary section, and having one or more chambers containing suitable springs connected by means,substantially as described, to the hinged section of the stirrup, as set forth.

In testimony that I. claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

LEIGHTON L. SH EARER.

Witnesses:

D. P. MAEYATT, A. O. MITCHELL.

(No Model.) L. L. SHEARER.

' STIRRUP. No. 346,174. Patented July 27, 1886.

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