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US 5,661,958 AGranted
Size-adjustable composition horseboot
AssigneeEasycare, Inc.
InventorsNeel W. Glass, Garrett Nolan Ford, Rudolph S. Cyprian
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Abstract
A horse boot of the type having a sole and flexible envelope with re-entrant folds for surounding the hores's hoof below the coronary band is improved by adding a movable back strap and movabale toothed side gripping plates capable of sliding forward during attachment of the boot. This modification provides an adjustable fit boot that better secures the boot to the hoof in a self-adjusting and natural way.
Claims7
An improved composition molded horse boot of the type comprising:
- an integral sole and front, rear, left side and right side walls;
- re-entrant folds on either side of the front wall;
- a pair of side brackets affixed to the side walls;
- a back strap inside the rear wall of the boot attached to the side brackets;
- a continuous loop cable anchored to the front wall, passing inward through the front wall on either side to engage each of the side brackets, and passing out through the front wall;
- and an over-center tightness adjusting buckle engaging the cable;
- the improvement comprising modified side brackets slidably attached to the side walls, enabling the brackets and the back strap to move, responsive to a tightening of the cable using the buckle, forward about one-half inch (1.3 cm) in the plane approximately orthogonal to the plane of the horse's foot bones.
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