Protector for animal hooves

An animal hoof protector, comprising a base coupled onto the animal hoof, having a lower supporting sole;

• a rear shield closing the base at the back;
• a protecting skin, attached and fixed onto the inner surface of the rear shield;
• and means for connecting the rear shield to the base, wherein:
• the sole of the base has, from the rear edge and up to the neighbourhood of the front edge, an elastically flexible longitudinal central area, which allow transverse deformation of said sole;
• the rear shield has a central opening which is limited at the upper and lower part thereof by a flexible upper stripe and lower stripe, and is provided with upper and lower front expansions, through which said shield is related to the walls of the base;
• the connecting means between the rear shield and base comprise two upper side connectors and two lower anchoring elements;
• whose upper side connectors comprise corresponding flexible bands featuring limited elasticity, which are pivotally connected to upper front extensions of the shield and to upper connecting areas of the wall of the base, and whose lower side anchoring elements consist of at least one screw bolt passing through and fixing each lower front extension of the shield to lower connecting areas of the base wall,
• wherein the sole of the base has in the outer area, a longitudinal central area of a lower thickness than said sole so as to define the flexible longitudinal central area, the bottom of the longitudinal central area of the sole of lower thickness is longitudinally crossed by alternate grooves and ribs, the sole of the base has a curved configuration, with convexity oriented towards the inner side of the base, and the stripe that limits at the lower part thereof, the central opening of the shield, follows an upward angular layout, and is riveted by a spherical broadening on the vortex.