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Abstract

The invention relates to a device in a riding saddle for fixing stirrup leathers (5) belonging to the saddle. The device comprises a safety element (1) on each side of the saddle, these being designed as a mirror image of one another and fitted to the saddle. Each safety element comprises an arm (1a), which at its remote end has a pivoted locking pin (1b). The arm (1a) when riding is directed essentially horizontally backwards with the locking pin (1b) pointing upwards in order in normal riding to prevent a stirrup leather, running over the arm (1a), from leaving this. Under increased stress as a result of abnormal circumstances the locking pin (1b) is bent backwards, thereby allowing the stirrup leather (5) to be released. The device further comprises a sleeve (4) that can be threaded on the arm (1a) and having a cut-out (4a), in which the stirrup leather (5) can be connected. The sleeve (4) at its end facing the remote end of the arm (1a) has a projection (4b). This is designed in normal riding to bear against the outer end (1b1) of the upwardly directed locking pin (1b), but under abnormal circumstances is bent backwards. This allows the sleeve (4) to slip off the arm (1a) thereby freeing each stirrup from the saddle.

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