摘要 |
A safety stirrup comprising: an inverted U-shaped mounting member (11) having means located in the arcuate portion of the U to enable a stirrup strap to be attached thereto; restriction means (40a, 40b) acting between a foot upper restraining portion (16a, 16b) and the inverted U-shaped mounting member (11) to restrict the movement of the foot upper restraining portion (16a, 16b) to the direction which is opposite to the direction in which the foot is inserted: wherein a foot support (12) is releasable from a pivotal mounting at one extremity of said mounting member (11) after pivoting of said foot support (12) from the normal in use arrangement and the other extremity of said mounting member (11) is pivotal outwardly, and wherein said pivoting of the foot support (12) from the normal in use arrangement enables the arms of the foot upper restraining portion (16a, 16b) to pivot outwardly and/or said foot support (12) to release from said one extremity of said mounting member (11).
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