Wedge apparatus for a stirrup to alleviate knee pain in horseback riders
AssigneeThinline, LLC
InventorsJames Stickney Warson, Jason Asher Bernstein
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Abstract
A wedge apparatus for a stirrup for reducing alleviating pain on a horseback rider's knees and ankles, the stirrup comprising a pair of opposing side bars, a hangar bar portion and a footrest bar, the wedge apparatus comprising (a) a wedge associated with the footrest bar, the wedge having a lateral portion and a medial portion, the lateral portion being thicker than and tapering toward the medial portion; (b) an impact-absorbing material; and, (c) an attachment mechanism for attaching the wedge and the impact-absorbing material to the footrest bar.
Claims4
A wedge apparatus for a stirrup for reducing stress on a rider's legs, said stirrup comprising a pair of opposing side bars, a hangar bar portion and a footrest bar, the wedge apparatus comprising:
- a) a wedge associated with said footrest bar, said wedge having a lateral portion and a medial portion, said lateral portion being thicker than and tapering toward said medial portion;
- b) an impact-absorbing material;
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- c) attachment means for attaching said wedge and said impact-absorbing material to said footrest bar,
- wherein said wedge comprises a plurality of shims, each shim having a lateral portion and a medial portion, said lateral portion being thicker than and tapering toward said medial portion, said shim traversing at least a portion of said footrest bar.
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