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Abstract

This invention relates to an improved stirrup buckle characterized by a generally channel-shaped 'keeper' having at least one and preferably a pair of pins projecting therefrom in side-by-side spaced relation adapted to enter selected registered pairs of apertures in the overlapped layers of the looped leather stirrup supporting strap, and a sleeve-like 'slide' permanently affixed to the keeper with a pin and slot connection for limited slidable movement relative thereto between a telescoped position covering the pins and holding the strap layers thereon to an open position uncovering the pins so that one or more layers of strap can be removed therefrom and relocated to raise or lower the stirrup relative to the saddle from which it hangs. The buckle also includes pin-receiving pockets formed between mating surfaces of the keeper and slide that permanently retain the enlarged head of the pins therein while preferably permitting the shank thereof to tilt and even move up or down and laterally to accommodate mispositioned pin-receiving apertures. The buckle also includes interengagable means effective to releasably maintain the elements thereof in closed or telescoped position.

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First Claim