Boot for livestock
OwnerGary Adrian Woodinventor
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Abstract
A flexible boot (10) for use with livestock comprising a flat sole (13) made of a relatively harder material and a relatively resilient and extensible wall (11) having the shape of a truncated cone. The wall (11) includes a fastening element comprising (a) an outer fastenable surface and (b) one or more flexible non extensible straps (14,15) attached at one end to the wall (11) and having a reversible hook and eye fastener elements capable of forming a reversible attachment along their length to the wall (11) so that the boot (10) may be fitted over a hoof. In use the boot (10) forms a substantially sealed cavity (19) around the hoof and medication may be introduced into the cavity (19).
Claims10
A flexible boot for covering a hoof of an animal, the boot comprising:
- a pliable base of a relatively hard material, having an upper surface;
- a resilient upper attached about an outer periphery of the pliable base, and having an anterior and a posterior aspect;
- the resilient upper having on substantially the entire outer surface a first fastenable surface of the “complementary hook and eye” type;
- the resilient upper also having boot attachment means comprising at least one set of flexible and substantially non-extendable straps having at least one complementary fastenable surface of the “hook and eye” type;
- the straps thereby being capable in use of forming a reversible attachment with any portion of the resilient upper, and thereby holding the flexible boot over the hoof of the animal in a manner providing a substantially sealed cavity around the hoof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.