Diagnostic interactive applied shoe for horses
OwnerJude R. Florioinventor
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Abstract
A diagnostic horseshoe combining a toe portion selected from a group of at least two toe portions, the selected toe portion including two toe joint ends; a lateral heel portion selected from a group of at least two lateral heel portions, the selected lateral heel portion including a point end and a heel joint end; and a medial heel portion selected from a group of at least two medial heel portions, the selected medial heel portion including a point end and a heel joint end, wherein an interlocking joint connects the heel joint end of the selected lateral heel portion to one of the two toe joint ends of the selected toe portion, and another interlocking joint connects the heel joint end of the selected medial heel portion to the other of the two toe joint ends of the selected toe portion.
Claims12
A diagnostic horseshoe kit for assembling a modular horseshoe configured for optimal horseshoe placement, said kit comprising:
- a plurality of arcuate toe portions, each toe portion having a width-wise dimension, a length-wise dimension and a toe joint at each end of the length-wise dimension, wherein the plurality of toe portions comprises toe portions with different width-wise dimensions at the center of the arc and toe portions with different length-wise dimensions between the toe joints at each end;
- a plurality of lateral heel portions, each lateral heel portion comprising a point end and a heel joint end configured to mate with a corresponding toe joint, wherein the lateral heel potions vary in thickness or vary by the width of the point end;
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- a plurality of medial heel portions, each medial heel portion comprising a point end and a heel joint end configured to mate with a corresponding toe joint, wherein the medial heel potions vary in thickness or vary by the width of the point end;
- wherein the heel joint ends of the lateral heel portions interlock with one of the two toe joint ends of the toe portions to maintain an alignment between the heel joint end of the lateral heel portions and the one of the two toe joint ends of the toe portions, and
- wherein the heel joint ends of the medial heel portions interlock with the other the two toe joint ends of the toe portions to maintains an alignment between the heel joint end of the lateral heel portions and the other of the two toe joint ends of the toe portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.