Equine leg cast rocker attachment
OwnerMonty L. Ruetenikinventor
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Abstract
A device or structure for fitting on the bottom of an equine leg cast to protect the cast from abrasion and wear, to aid in keeping the cast clean and, in one aspect, to provide a shaped molded rocker bottom that allows the leg cast hoof to rock forward or back, allowing the equine to find a naturally comfortable position. A method of applying the device to an equine leg cast. The device or structure consist, in general, of a solid member having a top face and a bottom face and having malleable straps attached to the solid member and extending from at least two sides of the solid member, which straps are made of material and sized to be capable of being bent or folded upward in a plane perpendicular to the top face of the solid member to attach to an equine leg cast.
Claims20
An equine leg cast attachment comprising a solid whole member suitable for attachment underneath an equine leg cast which stabilizes a portion of a body of an equine, wherein the solid whole member:
- (a) is configured to be capable of being disposed beneath an equine hoof and to substantially cover an entire underside of an equine hoof;
- (b) comprises a top face, a bottom face and having a circumference with a length around, and
- (c) further comprises malleable attachment straps attached to the solid whole member and extending, in a generally even spacing around the circumference from at least three sides of the solid whole member, wherein the malleable attachment straps are configured to be capable of securing the solid whole member both to the equine leg cast and underneath the equine hoof, the malleable attachment straps being so configured at least by:
- (i) being configured with dimensions and of material capable of being bent or folded upward, in a plane perpendicular to the top face of the solid whole member and generally parallel to a leg of the equine upon attachment to the equine leg cast, and (ii) being of widths between about three (3) to sixteen (16) percent of the length of the circumference of the solid whole member.
An equine leg cast assembly comprising an equine leg cast:
- (i) encasing a leg of an equine and stabilizing a portion of a body of the equine, (ii) comprising veterinary casting material, and (iii) having a bottom, to which is attached an equine leg cast attachment comprising a horizontally whole solid member, which is thereby disposed beneath and substantially covering an entire underside of a hoof of the equine, the solid member:
- (a) having a top face, a bottom face and having a circumference with a length around and (b) having malleable attachment straps attached to the solid member and extending, in a generally even spacing around the circumference from at least three sides of the solid member, wherein the malleable attachment straps are configured to be capable of securing the solid member both to the equine leg cast and underneath the hoof, the malleable attachment straps being so configured at least by:
- (1) being configured with dimensions and of material capable of being bent or folded upward in a plane perpendicular to the top face of the solid member and generally parallel to the equine's leg upon attachment to the equine leg cast, and (2) being of widths between about three (3) to sixteen (16) percent of the length of the circumference of the solid member, the strap widths being measured at the side of the solid member.
A method of protecting and providing improved mobility in an equine when in a leg cast which is on a leg of the equine and which stabilizes a portion of the equine's body, the method comprising fitting to a bottom of the leg cast, and underneath a hoof of the equine, an attachment device comprising a horizontally whole solid member, the solid member:
- (a) having a top face and a bottom face, (b) being configured to substantially cover an entire underside of the hoof, and (c) having malleable attachment straps attached to the solid member and extending, in a generally even spacing around the circumference from at least three sides of the solid member, which straps are configured with dimensions and of material capable of being bent or folded upward in a plane, perpendicular to the top face of the solid member and generally parallel to the leg, thereby being suitable to attach the solid member to the leg cast by attaching the straps to sides of the leg cast.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.