Stirrup with opening and closing function
AssigneePhilippe Maloigne
InventorKeun Hyo Lee
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a stirrup having an opening and closing function for preventing a body from being injured in a situation such as falling from a horse. The present disclosure provides a stirrup having an opening and closing function, which is coupled to a saddle so that a rider's foot rests thereon, the stirrup including: a main body part having a bottom portion for placing a foot thereon, a top part connected to a saddle strap, and an open part formed on one side thereof; and an opening and closing part for opening and closing the open part, wherein the opening and closing part has one end connected to the main body part with a wire, and the other end which is attachable to and detachable from the main body part by means of magnetic force.
Claims18
A stirrup having an opening and closing function, which is coupled to a saddle so that a rider's foot rests thereon, the stirrup comprising:
- a main body part;
- a hook part configured to be fastened to a saddle strap;
- a support part connected to a foot plate base plate, an upstanding wall projecting higher than the foot plate base plate on an opposite side thereof from the main body part, and an open part located between an upper edge of the upstanding wall of the support part and a lower edge of the main body part;
- an opening and closing part, detachably connected to the open part;
- a wire part, connected to an upper end of the opening and closing part and the main body part, the wire part being hidden inside the support part and the opening and closing part when in a closed condition, and opposite ends of the wire part being hidden inside the support part and the opening and closing part when in an open and foot releasing condition;
- a spring coupled to one of the ends of the wire part;
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- a magnetic body disposed on a bottom end of the opening and closing part, allowing the bottom end to be attachable to the main body part by magnetic force;
- when a rider's foot force is applied in an outward direction against the opening and closing part, which exceeds the magnetic force, the bottom end of the opening and closing part outwardly rotates away from the upstanding wall while the wire part allows the upper end of the opening and closing part to move relative to the lower edge.
A horse riding stirrup comprising:
- a main body;
- a saddle strap connector coupled to an upper portion of the main body;
- a foot support located at a lower portion of the main body opposite the saddle strap connector;
- an opening and closing arm moveably extending between the upper portion of the main body and the foot support;
- a flexible wire rotatably connecting an upper end of the arm to the main body;
- a helical spring connected to one end of the wire to allow extension of the wire when a lower end of the arm is rotated away from the foot support, the helical spring being located within the arm such that the wire is extendable between the arm and the main body;
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- a magnet connecting the lower end of the arm to the foot support.
A horse riding stirrup comprising:
- a main body;
- a saddle strap connector coupled to an upper portion of the main body;
- a foot support located at a lower portion of the main body opposite the saddle strap connector, the foot support including an upstanding partial wall;
- an opening and closing arm moveably extending between the upper portion of the main body and the upstanding partial wall of the foot support;
- a flexible and elongated coupling rotatably connecting an upper end of the arm to the main body;
- the coupling being hidden within the main body and the arm when the arm is closed against the upstanding partial wall of the foot support;
- a magnet connecting the lower end of the arm to the upstanding partial wall of the foot support;
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- a cushioning foot pad located between a foot upper plate and a foot base plate, which are secured to the foot support, the foot pad having a coupling hole and being synthetic resin or rubber, and a protruding guide inserted into a guiding groove to couple the foot base plate to the foot pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.