Stirrup
AssigneeIntec, Inc.
InventorIsidore Strauss
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Abstract
A flexible stirrup includes a base, a top, at least one flexible section connecting the base and the top, and a stabilizing hollow sheath enclosing at least a portion of the at least one flexible section. The flexible section includes at least one connector having a stem with a coupler at a first end and at a second opposed end thereof. The stem and first and second couplers may include at least one cross-sectional dimension that is substantially equal. At least a portion of an external surface of the at least one connector is in stabilizing contact with at least a portion of an internal surface of the hollow sheath.
Claims17
A flexible stirrup for equitation, comprising:
- a base for supporting a rider's foot;
- a top for connecting to a stirrup leather;
- two laterally spaced flexible sections connecting the base and the top each section including an intermediate cylindrical portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the flexible sections;
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- a hollow sheath having an internal surface in direct stabilizing frictional contact with intermediate cylindrical portion of the two laterally spaced flexible sections.
A flexible stirrup for equitation, comprising:
- a base for supporting a rider's foot;
- a top for connecting to a stirrup leather;
- two laterally spaced flexible sections connecting the base and the top, the two laterally spaced flexible sections each comprising at least two coupled connectors each comprising a unitary stem having a coupler at a first end and at a second opposed end and an intermediate cylindrical portion;
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- a hollow sheath having an internal surface in direct stabilizing frictional contact with at least a portion of the intermediate cylindrical portion of the at least two coupled connectors;
- further wherein at least a portion of the stirrup top, the stirrup base, and at least one of the at least two coupled connectors is in stabilizing frictional contact with at least a portion of an internal surface of the hollow sheath.
A flexible stirrup for equitation, comprising:
- a base for supporting a rider's foot;
- a top for connecting to a stirrup leather;
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- two laterally-spaced flexible sections connecting the base and the top;
- wherein each flexible section comprises at least two coupled connectors;
- and each connector comprises a unitary cylindrical stem having a coupler at a first end and at a second opposed end;
- further wherein at least a portion of a central circumference the unitary stem is in direct stabilizing frictional contact with at least a corresponding portion of an internal surface of a hollow sheath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.