Horseman-securing device, saddle, and saddle securing device for preventing a horseman from falling off a four-legged animal
AssigneeDaidalos Solutions B.V.
InventorEric Berreklouw
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Abstract
A horseman-securing device is configured in order to prevent a horseman sitting on the back of a four-legged animal from falling off, or being able to fall off the animal. It comprises securing device by means of which the horseman, in use, is releasably secured to the animal. The securing device is configured to secure the horseman secured to the animal in such a way that the horseman retains the freedom of movement to hinge his knee joints.
Claims30
A saddle configured in order to inhibit a horseman sitting on a back of a four-legged animal from falling off the animal, the saddle attached to a girth that is securable to the animal, the girth configured to fasten the saddle to the animal, the saddle comprising:
- a saddle seat;
- stirrups joined to the saddle seat on both sides;
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- a securing device configured to releasably secure the horseman to the saddle in such a way that the horseman retains a pivot function of each of his knee joints in such a way that:
- a) with weight of the horseman transferred to the stirrups, the horseman rises from a first backside position on the saddle seat in which a backside of the horseman is in complete contact with the back of the animal via the saddle and in which thighs of the horseman pivot at the knee joint at a first backside position angle with respect to lower legs of the horseman, to a second backside position in which the horseman has moved his backside upwards and forwards with respect to the first backside position, and in which the backside of the horseman is no longer in complete contact with the back of the animal via the saddle and the thighs are in a straighter position with respect to the lower legs, such that the thighs and lower legs pivot into a straighter line with respect to each other forming a corresponding angle larger than the first backside position angle, in order to move back to the first backside position, and
- b) the horseman moves his lower legs from a first lower leg position in which his lower legs hang perpendicularly downwards with resect to a horizontal baseline to a second lower leg position in which his legs are directed rearward compared to the first lower leg position, in order to move his lower legs back again to the first lower leg position;
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- wherein the securing device comprises at least one securing element on each side of the saddle configured with surfaces arranged to contact a leg of the horseman and to at least partly grip around the leg only along a length of the leg proximate the knee joint with the surfaces arranged at only a limited height on an outer side of the knee joint of the horseman in order to retain the pivot function of the knee joint of the horseman.
A saddle configured in order to inhibit a horseman sitting on a back of a four-legged animal from falling off the animal, the saddle attached to a girth that is securable to the animal, the girth configured to fasten the saddle to the animal, the saddle comprising:
- a saddle seat;
- stirrups joined to the saddle seat on both sides;
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- a securing device configured to releasably secure the horseman to the saddle, the securing device comprising at least one securing element on each side of the saddle configured with surfaces arranged to contact a leg of the horseman and to at least partly grip around the leg only along a length of the leg proximate a knee joint with the surfaces arranged at only a limited height on an outer side of the knee joint of the horseman in order to retain a pivot function of the knee joint of the horseman to and from positions of the horseman on the saddle including:
- a first backside position on the saddle seat in which a backside of the horseman is in complete contact with the back of the animal via the saddle and in which thighs of the horseman pivot at the knee joint at a first backside position angle with respect to lower legs of the horseman;
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- a second backside position in which the horseman has moved his backside upwards and forwards with respect to the first backside position, and in which the backside of the horseman is no longer in complete contact with the back of the animal via the saddle and the thighs are in a straighter position with respect to the lower legs, such that the thighs and lower legs pivot into a straighter line with respect to each other forming a corresponding angle larger than the first backside position angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.