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US 2009/0288844 A1Published application
Horseshoe
OwnerRobert W. Coulombeinventor
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The present invention provides an improved horseshoe, which comprises a hoof engagement surface that is provided with an unevenness and makes contact with the hoof in such a manner that the shoe will fit more closely to and immovably against the bottom of the hoof. The unevenness provides an anti-slip interference with fibrous material of the hoof to lessen relative movement between the horseshoe and the hoof, both during assembly thereto by a farrier and during galloping of the horse, desirably inhibiting shearing stresses being placed on the securement nails. The anti-slip interference is provided by an array of bumps or hemispherical shaped domes that project upwardly from the hoof-engaging surface to displace fibrous hoof material and complete an interlocking engagement therewith in an amount sufficient to inhibit relative movement but not create discomfort to the horse.
A horseshoe, comprising:
A horseshoe of the type having a substantially rigid element with a rounded front and rearward extending legs, and an upper surface which contacts a hoof of a horse, the upper surface of said rounded front being bisected into like shaped halves and provided with unevenness in the form of an array of separate bumps, the bumps being arranged along a series of imaginary lines that are generally equiangularly disposed and extend in toe to heel direction with the bumps in one toe half being symmetrical to and the mirror image of the bumps in the other toe half, and the upper surface of said rearward extending legs being free of an unevenness, the bumps being like-shaped and project upwardly from the upper surface, the upward end portion of each bump being adapted to engage and become embedded into the material of the hoof and displace hoof material downwardly and into engagement with bumps adjacent thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.