Horse boot
OwnerPatrick Finneganinventor
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Abstract
A horse boot arrangement for a horse's hoof, the horse boot arrangement comprising a flexible sock member having a base portion for engaging a sole of the horse's hoof and a sleeve portion extending from the periphery of the base portion for covering the hoof, means for fastening the sleeve portion against the horse's hoof to ensure the flexible sock member remains on the hoof under working conditions, and rigid ground engaging means being detachably mountable to the flexible sock member via coupling means.
Claims19
A horse boot arrangement for a horse's hoof, the horse boot arrangement comprising:
- a flexible sock member having a base portion for engaging a sole of the horse's hoof and a sleeve portion extending from the periphery of the base portion for covering the hoof;
- means for fastening the sleeve portion against the horse's hoof to ensure the flexible sock member remains on the hoof under working conditions;
- and
- rigid ground engaging means being detachably mountable to the flexible sock member via coupling means.
A method of manufacturing a horse boot, comprising:
- forming a rigid ground engaging means;
- forming a flexible sock member for insertion into the rigid ground engaging means;
- providing a coupling means for releasably coupling the rigid ground engaging means and the flexible sock member together;
- forming a means for fastening the flexible sock member to the horse's hoof;
- and
- forming a means for receiving the fastening means on the flexible sock member.
A kit of parts for assembling a horse boot arrangement, comprising:
- a flexible sock member in the form of a pliable material blank having a base portion for engaging a sole of the horse's hoof and a sleeve portion extending from the periphery of the base portion for covering the hoof;
- at least one flexible elongate member for fastening the sleeve portion against the horse's hoof to ensure the flexible sock member remains on the hoof under working conditions;
- means for retaining the at least one flexible elongate member on the flexible sock member;
- rigid ground engaging means in the form of an at least partly formed blank;
- and
- coupling means for releasably coupling the at least partly formed blank onto the flexible sock member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.