Equestrian stirrup iron

Equestrian apparatus comprising:

• a stirrup iron, said stirrup iron lying substantially in a plane, said stirrup iron having an opening therethrough at substantially a right angle to said plane, said opening being sufficiently large to receive the foot of an equestrian rider, the bottom of said opening being defined by a foot bar for engagement by the foot of an equestrian rider;
• a stirrup leather member defining a stirrup leather opening and attached to said stirrup iron by a body, said stirrup leather opening being sized to receive a stirrup leather for support of said stirrup, said stirrup leather opening defining a stirrup leather plane, said stirrup leather plane lying a predetermined angle away from said stirrup iron plane so that when hanging freely, said stirrup iron is positioned so that it may be readily accessed by the foot of an equestrian rider;
• said body being rotatably mounted with respect to said stirrup iron on a pivot for rotation about an axis;
• a detent interengaged between said body and said stirrup iron, said detent releasably positioning said stirrup leather opening in preselected angular positions with respect to said stirrup iron;
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• said body having detent recesses therein and said stirrup iron having an engagement member for resiliently engaging in one of said recesses, said recesses being arranged at substantially a right angle around said axis so as to selectively detent said stirrup iron in its selected position.

Equestrian apparatus comprising:

• a stirrup iron, said stirrup iron lying substantially in a plane, said stirrup iron having an opening therethrough at substantially a right angle to said plane, said opening being sufficiently large to receive the foot of an equestrian rider, the bottom of said opening being defined by a foot bar for engagement by the foot of an equestrian rider;
• a stirrup leather member defining a stirrup leather opening and attached to said stirrup iron by a body, said stirrup leather opening being sized to receive a stirrup leather for support of said stirrup, said stirrup leather opening defining a stirrup leather plane, said stirrup leather plane lying a predetermined angle away from said stirrup iron plane so that when hanging freely, said stirrup iron is positioned so that it may be readily accessed by the foot of an equestrian rider;
• said body being rotatably mounted with respect to said stirrup iron on a pivot for rotation about an axis;
• a frictional member interengaged between said body and said stirrup iron to provide smoothly variable adjustment of said stirrup leather member with respect to said stirrup iron;
• said body having an opening therethrough;
• a headed bolt extending through said opening and engaging in said stirrup iron, said headed bolt having its head engaged on said body to retain said body with respect to said stirrup iron;
• said body having detent recesses therein;
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• said stirrup iron having an engagement member for resiliently engaging in one of said recesses, said recesses being arranged at substantially a right angle around said axis so as to selectively detent said stirrup iron in its selected position.

Equestrian apparatus comprising:

• a stirrup iron, said stirrup iron having an opening therethrough sized to receive the foot of an equestrian rider, said opening lying in a plane;
• a stirrup leather member defining a stirrup leather opening and mounted on said stirrup iron by a body, said stirrup leather opening being configured to receive a stirrup leather to support said stirrup, said stirrup leather opening defining a plane, said plane of said stirrup leather opening lying at a predetermined number of degrees with respect to said plane of said stirrup iron;
• a line of intersection of said planes of said stirrup leather opening and said stirrup iron defining an axis;
• said stirrup leather opening being rotatable with respect to said stirrup iron on said axis;
• said body and said stirrup iron interengaging on a pivot which lies on said axis;
• said pivot having a cylindrical bearing surface thereon for rotation of said body with respect to said stirrup iron;
• said body having an opening therethrough and said pivot being attached to said stirrup so that said body can rotate around said pivot;
• said pivot having a head thereon, said head engaging on said body to retain said body on said pivot;
• a detent between said body and said stirrup iron to releasably retain said stirrup iron with respect to said body at a selected angular position;
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• said detent comprising a detent ball resiliently engaged in one of a plurality of detent notches to releasably retain said stirrup iron at one of a selected plurality of rotatable positions with respect to said stirrup iron.