US 11,297,800 B2Granted

Trail boot with molded liner and adjustable metatarsal and metacarpal pad

AssigneeCosmic Pet Brands LLC

InventorsStephen E. Paxton, Lisa M. Lugo-Paxton

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Abstract

A canine trail boot has a molded sole with raised lugs that divide the sole into individual pad cups that each receive a single pad from a dog foot. Independent movement between adjacent pad cups better replicates a dog's pad movement. The molded sole may include a toe having unidirectional treads, a tail having a combination of treads that also receive and retain straps, and a cushioning pad that protrudes into and engages with an indentation on a dog's paw to retain a boot securely. The sole interior may be layered with insoles that provide puncture resistance, heat isolation or reflection, and other custom interior features, or a liner may be provided that may also further incorporate the raised cushioning pad. The cushioning pad may be longitudinally adjustable within the boot interior, to tailor the cushioning pad to the ideal position to engage with a dog's metatarsal or metacarpal pad.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A canine trail boot, comprising:

a boot top;
a sole coupled to said boot top to define a paw receiving space there between, wherein said sole further comprises:
a toe rising from said paw receiving space and having a plurality of unidirectional treads;
a tail rising from said paw receiving space;
and
said sole having five pad cups including four digital pad cups and a fifth metatarsal metacarpal pad cup;
each of said five pad cups having a cup base exterior surface that is configured to be in ground contact and an interior surface that is configured to be in contact with a dog's pad, a cup sidewall that rises vertically from said cup base and configured to be substantially out of contact with a flat ground surface and spaced in a portion adjacent to said ground surface by a void from a vertically rising side wall of an adjacent one of said five pad cups, and a flexible lug coupling said cup sidewall to said adjacent one of said five pad cups in a portion of the cup side wall distal to said cup base.

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Facts

Application: 16/354,092Filed 14 Mar 2019 · continuation in part
Priority: 7 Mar 2014
Published: US 2019/0281793 A119 Sep 2019
Granted: 12 Apr 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A01K 13/007
Protective coverings: leg, hoof or foot protectors
A43B 3/00
Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
A43B 13/14
Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units: characterised by the constructive form
A43B 13/223
Soles made slip-preventing or wear-resisting, e.g. by impregnation or spreading a wear-resisting layer: profiled soles

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Application61/949,240Us provisional application · filed 7 Mar 2014
Application14/642,743Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 9 Mar 2015
Application62/250,462Us provisional application · filed 3 Nov 2015
Application15/246,524Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Aug 2016
Application15/497,187Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Apr 2017
Application15/802,316Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Nov 2017
Application62/643,161Us provisional application · filed 14 Mar 2018
Application15/955,642Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Apr 2018
US 9,943,065 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Apr 2018
Application62/659,090Us provisional application · filed 17 Apr 2018
US 2019/0281793 A1Pre-grant publication · published 19 Sep 2019
US 10,238,089 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application15/802,316Parent of this continuation
Application15/497,187Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 11,369,083 B1Related patent
US 11,297,800 B2This patent

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