Equine shoe and method
AssigneeEasycare, Inc.
InventorGarrett Ford
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Abstract
An equine shoe including a platform and cuffs or lateral walls. The lateral wall of the platform has proximal and distal cut outs. The proximal and distal cutouts of the lateral wall allows for expansion and contraction of a horse hoof through phases a horses gait. The shoe allows for variable customization to cater to all types of horse hoof width and sizes. The lateral walls can either be a uniform material with the shoe platform or the lateral walls can be separate parts of the shoe to allow custom fixture to the horse hoof. The separate lateral walls can then be heat welded to the platform to create a uniform shoe. Alternatively a cuff can be glue to the horse hoof and be received by a corresponding shoe.
Claims25
An equine shoe comprising:
- a polymer upper forming a segmented arc;
- the upper having a top, a bottom, a proximal end, a distal end, and an outer periphery;
- a cuff extending from the outer periphery;
- a metal lower forming a segmented arc, the metal lower having a plurality of fenestrations and cavities, wherein the polymer upper is overmolded to the metal lower.
An equine shoe comprising:
- a polymer upper portion forming a segmented arc defining an inner periphery and an outer periphery;
- a first cuff extending from the outer periphery, the first cuff defining a distal cutout and a proximal cutout;
- a metal lower portion, the lower portion comprising a fenestration, a cavity and a passageway between the fenestration and the cavity, and a treaded surface;
- a portion of the polymer upper being disposed through each of the cavity and fenestration, wherein the upper is permanently secured to the lower portion.
An equine shoe comprising:
- a metal horse shoe having a top, a bottom, and an intermediate portion therebetween;
- a plurality of cavities extending through the top;
- and a plurality of fenestrations extending through the intermediate portion;
- wherein at least one passageway connects a cavity to a fenestration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.