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US 2017/0202198 A1Published application
Therapeutic horseshoe
OwnerJason Smithinventor
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Abstract
A horseshoe has a toe adjoining to two branches that bend away from the toe and terminate in a heel, an at least partially planar top surface of the adjoined toe and two branches, and an at least partially planar bottom surface of the adjoined toe and two branches. The top surface and bottom surface are angled together such that they are closer in proximity at the heel than the toe.
Claims17
A horseshoe comprising:
- a toe connecting to two branches that arc toward a heel;
- a top of the toe and two branches providing a mating surface for contacting an equine hoof;
- a bottom of the toe and two branches defining a recessed trench and plurality of tack holes inside the trench passing through the branches to the top;
- wherein the top and bottom are planar along at least a portion thereof and the top is angled away from the bottom from heel to toe at a continuous predetermined angle.
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A horseshoe comprising:
- a toe adjoining to two branches that bend away from the toe and terminate in a heel;
- an at least partially planar top surface of the adjoined toe and two branches;
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- an at least partially planar bottom surface of the adjoined toe and two branches;
- wherein the top surface and bottom surface are angled together such that they are closer in proximity at the heel than the toe.
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A method comprising:
- preparing a hoof to accept an equine shoe;
- providing a shoe comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a toe and a heel, the top surface adapted to fit the hoof and the top and bottom surface being angled toward one another at a predetermined angle to be closer together at the heel than the toe;
- fixing the shoe to the hoof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.