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US 12,582,094 B2Granted
Equine boot
AssigneeScootboot Pty Ltd
InventorDavid Duncan Macdonald
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Abstract
An equine boot comprising a shell, the shell including: a bottom portion for substantially covering the underside of a hoof; an upper adhesively attachable to the hoof to secure the boot thereto; and an aperture through which fluid can reach the underside of the hoof to flush debris therefrom.
Claims11
An equine boot comprising:
- a sole for engaging the ground, an upper face of the sole defining an interior surface for engaging an underside of a hoof, the interior surface extending in length from a toe end to a rear end of the boot;
- an upper having side walls for substantially enclosing respective lateral sides of the hoof;
- a securement configured to engage a rear of the hoof so as to impede rotation of the boot relative to the hoof;
- and
- elongate openings formed through respective side walls of the upper at respective lower ends thereof, wherein:
- a bottom edge of each elongate opening is level with the interior surface of the sole;
- when the boot is worn, the elongate openings extend along respective lateral sides of the hoof;
- each elongate opening is generally centrally disposed in the respective side walls at a level of the interior surface of the sole, between the toe end and the rear end of the boot;
- and
- each elongate opening is positioned along the length of the interior surface so as to permit, in use, a width of a lower end of the hoof to extend through the openings at the level of the interior surface of the sole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.