US425184A

US425184A - Stirrup-leather stay

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Publication number: US425184A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-04-08
Anticipated expiration: 1907-04-08

Description

(No Model.)

J. D. PADGITT. STIRRUP LBATHER STAY.

No. 425.184'. P atented Apr. 8, 1890 M WM WTVESSES:

leather or strap A passes after passin g aroun d UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE D. PADGITT, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

STIRRUP-LEATHER STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,184, dated April 8, 1890.

To all whom it may ccncern:

Be it known that I, JESSE D. PADGITT, of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in stirrup-Leather Stays, of which the following is a specification. y

The object of the invention is to provide a stay which will cause the stirrup to hang in proper position for insertion of the rider s foot in nounting; and the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, as Will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side View, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective side view, of ny invention.

A represents a stirru p leather or strap, and B the stirrup; and D is ny improved stay, preferably formed by casting it in a single piece or striking it up from a piece of sheet metal, or it may be nade of leather or other material. The stay is U shape in cross-section and of a length to enbrace the crosspiece b of the stirrup. Centrally of upper edges of the stay D are two outWardly-proj ecting loops d d, through which the stirrup the outer side of the stay.

The stayD is about the same length as the cross-piece b of the stirrup, and the loops d d are just wide enough for the stirrup leather or strap, and therefore the cross-piece b cannot slide back and forth in the stirrup-leather loop and cause the stirrup to hang at an incline or one-sided.

The stirrup-leather Will always be held in the center of the stirrup, so that the 'footbearing will be equal and riding be made easier. To illustrate more fully, let us take Serial No. 3Z6,29l. (No model.)

incline or one-sided instead of straight. If ny stay is applied to such a stirrup,the straps or leathers,though much narrower than the crosspiece, will always cause the stirrup to hang properly by reason of the central loops (Z (l, which prevent any sliding movement of the stirrup leathers or straps. Much narrower straps or leathers may theretore be used with such stirrups than heretofore, and at the same time With perfect success. Where a stirrup hangs one-sided,^it is very disagreeable for a rider to nount, and, as before stated, the footbearings are not central and stable, but shift and-cause a strain on the feet to keep the stirrups in proper position. The stays also protect the stirrup-leathers from wear, as the stirrup cross-piece turns in them, while they do notnove on the leathers or straps at all.

The loops of the stay can be nade to fit any size stirrup-leather desired. The stay Will save wear on a broad as well as on a narrow stirrup-leather.

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

l. The U-shaped stay D, forned along its upper edges With outwardly-extending loops d d of less'length than the stay, substantially as set forth.

2. The conbination, with the stirru p, of the U-shaped stay enbracing the stirrup crosspiece and extending adjacent to the ends th ereof and the central loops d d along the upper edges of the stay, and ot' less length than the stay, to receive the relatvely narrow stir- 'up-strap A, Whereby a narrow stirrup-strap nay be successfully used on a stirrup having a Wide upper end, substantally as set forth.

JESSE D. PADGITT.

itnessesz HoWARD KEYES, WILLIAM C. PADGITT.