US2187983A - Stirrup pad - Google Patents

Description

Jah. 23, 1940. F, JQMQORE- 2,187,983

STIRRUP PAD Filed April 13, 1938 Agg@ Wr@ Patented Jan. 23, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlci;V

4 Claims.

My present invention relates to stirrups for riding saddles and, more particularly, to a foot pad attachment therefor. y

, It is an object of this invention to provide such a foot pad attachment that materially increases the foot-bearing surface of stirrups.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stirrup foot pad attachment having a novel tread for holding a foot resting thereon from slipping.

Other objects of the invention will hereinafter appear.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and dened in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a stirrup having the invention attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in plan and partly in section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View partly in elevation and partly irl/,section taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is la View partly in plan and partly in section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View principally in section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig.'2.

For the purpose of showing the invention in working position, there is illustrated in the drawing a riding saddle stirrup, indicated as an entirety by the numeral 6, with the exception of its transversely elongated foot-supporting member l, which extends between the lower ends of the yoke arms 8 of the stirrup frame and is formed integral therewith. In the center of the stirrup 40 member I is an elongated aperture B.

Referring now in detail to the improved foot pad Il), the same includes a disc-like body II, in which is embedded a metal reinforcement in the form of a flat disc I2. This foot pad IIJ rests on the stirrup member l between the yoke arms 8, and it is important to note that it extends materially both forwardly and rearwardly of front and rear edges of said member, respectively.

The foot pad is rigidly but detachably secured to the stirrup member l by a nut-equipped screwstud I3 and a co-operating clamping bar I4. Said stud I3 is rigidly secured to the reinforcing disc I2 at the center of its under side, depends 55 therefrom and extends through a hole in the foot pad I0, through the aperture 9 and a central hole in the clamping bar I4. 1

The clamping bar I4 extends transversely under the stirrup member l, across the aperture 9 with its end portions engaging said member Vas a base of resistance. Said clamping bar I4, at its intermediate portion, is upwardly offset into the aperture 9 and thereby holds said bar against endwise shifting movement relative to the stirrup member l. The nut on the screw-stud I3 irn- 10 pinges againsty the under side of the clamping bar I4 and together with said stud holds the disc I2 and the clamping bar I4 drawn toward each other and thereby securely holds the foot pad IU on the stirrup member 1. By reference 15 to Fig. 3 it will be noted that the metal disc I2 overlaps the stirrup-member l at the ends of the aperture 9 and thereby holds the respective portions of the body II clamped onto said member.l

On the upper face of the body II is a novel tread I5 comprising a plurality of concentric cups IS, as shown three, outer, intermediate and inner. The sides of the vcups I6 are made progressively lower from the outer to the inner thereof.

The entire foot pad I0 and its tread I5 is in the form of a single piece of molded rubber, and by reference to Fig. 3 it will be noted that the perimeter of the metal reinforcement extends under the outer cup I6 and affords a rigid support therefor. 30

Formed in the metal disc I2 is a plurality of holes I1 through which the rubber forming the body II extends and forms a plurality of ties I8 that connect the members of the body I I on each side of the metal disc I2. In addition to the 35 ties It, the body I I is further secured to the metal disc I2 by rubber that flows into the interstices in said disc at the time the foot pad Il is molded.

As the radial strains from a foot resting onv the tread I5 is greater on the wall of the outer cup I6 than on the Walls of the other cups I6, said wall of the outer cup I6 is made somewhat thicker to add to the rigidity thereof.

A foot resting on the circular rims of the tread I5 will be frictionally held against slipping in all directions in a plane parallel to the foot pad Il). Furthermore, with the ball of the foot resting on the concave surface of the tread I5, formed by the inwardly decreasing height of the side of the cups It, said foot will also be held thereby from slipping. By standing on the tread I5 or otherwise pressing the foot thereon, the rims of one or more of thecups I6 will be expanded and form a tight joint with the foot, and thereby form a partial vacuum in the cup I6, and the 55 suction thus produced will materially assist in holding the foot from slipping on the tread I5.

When applying the foot pad i9 to a stirrup E, the nut on the screw-stud i3 will be tightened sufficiently to cause the metal reinforcing disc i2 to slightly compress the portion of the body il lying between said disc and the stirrup member 'I and thereby securely attach the foot pad il] to the stirrup- 6 and hold the same against relative shifting movement.

Obviously, the foot pad I materially increases the foot-engaging surface of the stirrup both forward and rearward of the stirrup member l, and thereby more securely holds the foot relative to the stirrup 6 and at the same time adds to the riding comfort of the foot resting in the stirrup i5.

From what has been said, it will be understood that the invention described is capable of modifications as to details of construction and arrangement within the scope of the invention herein disclosed and claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A foot pad of the class described comprising a rubber body member applicable to the footengaging member of a stirrup and extending materially forwardly and rearwardly thereof, a metal reinforcement supporting said body outwardly of said footwengaging member, and means for attaching said pad to the stirrup.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 which further includes, an upstanding relatively soft rubber flange on the upper surface of the body member, said flange being endless and unbroken.

3. The structure defined in claim l which further includes, inner and 'outer upstanding rela-- tively soft rubber flanges on the upper surface of the body member, each of said iianges being endless and unbroken, the outer ange being higher than the inner flange.

Ll. The structure defined in claim l which further includes outer, intermediate and inner substantially concentric upstanding relatively soft rubber annular flanges on the upper surfaces of the body member, each of said flanges being endiess and unbroken, the height of said anges being progressively lower from the outer flange to the inner flange FRANCIS J. MOORE@

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