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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
FRANCIS F. LONG, OF TYLER, TEXAS.
STIRRUP.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,478, dated August 11, 1896.
Application filed November 4, 1895, Serial No. 567,866, (No model.)To all whon it 7acy concern:
. Be it known that I, FRANCIS F. LONG, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Tyler, in
the county of Smith and State of Texas, have
5 invented certain new and useful Improve-
ments in Stirrups; and I do hereby declare
the following to be a full, clear, and exact de-
scription of the invention, such as will en-
able others skilled in-the art to which it ap-
To pertains to make and use the same.
My invention is a saddle-stirrup; and it
consists in the novel construction and ar-
rangement of its parts.
My invention is a stirrup constructed of
is two side parts A, hinged together. The foot-
piece B is mounted on springs, and the piece
e, around which the stirrup-leather works, is
also mounted on springs. The object of this
construction is to give ease and grace to the
20 rider.
With this stirrup riding is easier both to
man and beast than with stirrups without
springs.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
25 a side elevation of my invention, part in per-
spective and part in section. Fig. 2 is a per-
spective view of the foot-rest.
iMy invention is described as follows:
A are the side pieces.
30 ca are the bottom pieces secured together
by the hinge a'.
The side pieces have three cylindrical parts
b, b', and b2. The upper cylindrical parts b
have, opening to the inner side of the stirrup,
35 slots c. The parts b also have, opening to the
inner side of the stirrup, slots c', which are
enlarged at c". The parts b2 have slots c3,
opening to the inner side of the stirrup, which
enlarge at the points c.
40 The upper end of one of the side pieces
(which for the purpose of description I will
call the "left-hand" side) is turned, forming a
cross-bar d, recessed at d'. The right-hand
piece is turned, forming a short bar d2, which
45 reaches to and fits in the recess d' of the bar
d. To the lower face of the bar d is secured
a spring d', having on its end a catch d3, which
passes through a slot d' in the upper end of
the part A. The bar e, around which the
50o saddle-strap f works, is provided with tenon
ends e', which work up and down in the slot
c. Between the bars d and e are securedspiral springs e2, the purpose of which is ap-
parent. In the cylinders b' operate spiral
springs g, the lower ends of which rest against 55
the solid bottoms g', and in the cylinders b'
operate spiral springs h. The springs are
put in through the enlargements c2 and c4.
The foot-piece B is provided with a flange
i to strengthen it, and at each end with ten- 60
ons j, side pieces 7i, provided with tenons 1.
The tenons i rest on the upper ends of the
spiral springs g and work up and down in
the slots c', while the tenons j rest on the up-
per ends of the spiral springs h and work up 65
and down in the slots c3. Between the bot-
tom pieces a and the flange i are inserted
spiral springs mn.
The purpose of hinge a' is to allow the
pieces A to be opened, so as to allow the 70
assembling of all the parts, and the spring d'
and catch dc are to hold the pieces A together
when so assembled.
The construction of this stirrup is so simple
that it may be put together without instruc- 75
tions. It is manufactured in regular sizes,
so that when any one piece breaks or is lost
it may be purchased and replaced.
Having described my invention, what I
claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 80
Patent, is-
1. A saddle-stirrup, consisting of the side
pieces A, andbottom pieces a, hinged together
at a', said side pieces being provided with cy-
lindrical openings b, b' and b"; springs g and h, 85
working in the cylindrical openings b' and b2;
foot-piece B, provided with tenons j, 1, work-
ing on the upper ends of the springs g, h, and
in the slots c', c3; cross-bar d, and d2, to the
upper ends of the side pieces a; spring-catch 90
d3, operating in slot d"; bar e, having tenons
e', working up and down in slots c; spiral
springs e2, operating between bar e and spring
d3, substantially as shown and described and
for the purposes set forth. 95
2. In a saddle-stirrup, substantially as
shown and described, the side pieces A, pro-
vided with a stirrup-strap piece, the lower
ends of said side pieces A, provided with cy-
lindrical openings b'; and slots c'; spiral ioo
springs g, operating in said cylindrical open-
ings; foot-piece B, provided with side arms
k, and tenons 1, said tenons resting on the up-
per ends of springs g, and operating in slots
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Long, Francis F. Stirrup., patent, August 11, 1896; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174339/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.