Stirrup pad
OwnerLinda S. Lugerinventor
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Abstract
The stirrup pad of the present invention includes a ramp or inclined footrest designed to support a foot resting thereupon in an angled orientation characterized by the toes being above the heel. The top surface of the ramp or inclined footrest includes a friction surface to grip a foot resting thereupon. The bottom portion of the stirrup pad is adapted for removable engagement with a stirrup. The use of the present invention allows a saddle occupant, while riding, to maintain an angled foot orientation with the heel angled downwardly, thus achieving a safer, more comfortable, and more stylish riding form.
Claims14
For use with a stirrup having an elongated stirrup frame for supporting a rider's foot, said frame being oriented substantially horizontally,
- a stirrup pad comprising a body member including a base for attaching said stirrup pad to said stirrup, said base also being oriented substantially horizontally on said stirrup frame,
- said body member also having a footrest portion, including a foot engaging ramp attached to said base, said ramp comprising a surface sloped from front to rear only and having at least a lower ramp edge which is essentially parallel to said stirrup frame, wherein said footrest portion serves to orient a foot supported by said footrest portion at an angle relative to horizontal.
A stirrup pad comprising a body member having means for attaching said stirrup pad to a stirrup frame, said body member also having a footrest portion, wherein said footrest portion provides means for angling a foot supported on said stirrup pad, wherein said angling means serves to orient a foot supported by said footrest portion at an angle relative to horizontal, and wherein said footrest portion comprises a body having an essentially planar surface supported substantially parallel to said stirrup frame and at an angle relative to horizontal by a stem wall that projects outwardly from a top surface of said body member.
For use with a stirrup having an elongated stirrup frame for supporting a rider's foot, said frame being oriented substantially horizontally, and a pair of generally vertically oriented yoke arms supporting said stirrup frame,
- a stirrup pad comprising a body member including a base for attaching said stirrup pad to said stirrup, said base being oriented horizontally on said stirrup frame;
- said body member also including a footrest portion including a foot engaging ramp attached to said base, said ramp comprising a surface sloped form front to rear only and having at least a lower ramp edge which is essentially parallel to said stirrup frame;
- one of said base and said footrest portion including notches engaging said yoke arms;
- wherein said footrest portion serves to orient a foot supported by said footrest portion at an angle relative to horizontal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.