Equine balancing hoof appliance
OwnerEugene D. Ovnicekinventor
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Abstract
An equine hoof appliance for horses, comprising a substantially flat pad having the general shape of the footprint of a horse's hoof and defining a curved toe portion and a substantially flat rear edge portion. The pad attaches to the ground-contacting surface of a horse's hoof and, on its opposite surface, mounts a horseshoe disposed around a ground contacting forwardly sloping and distally extending caudal projection on the pad. The caudal projection emulates and exaggerates the hoof frog and in so doing accomplishes two important objectives. The projection encourages heel first foot placement for maintenance of healthy phalanges alignment. Simultaneously the projection stimulates proprioceptive functions in the hoof to improve the horse's balance.
Claims12
An appliance for an equine hoof comprising;
- a pad member having the general shape of the footprint of a horse's hoof and defining a curved toe portion and a substantially flat rear edge portion and having,
- lateral side edges,
- an upper hoof-contacting surface, and
- a bottom horseshoe-mounting surface means for application of
- a horseshoe having a pair of heels,
- a bilaterally centered nodule downwardly projecting from the bottom horseshoe-mounting surface of the pad, said nodule having a ground contacting surface, arch shaped sides with a forward apex, a diametrically disposed integral base and a narrowed waist portion to accommodate the heels of a horseshoe, the waist portion disposed intermediate the arch shaped sides and the base and where the nodule base overlies the flat rear edge portion of the pad.
An appliance for an equine hoof comprising:
- a pad member generally conforming in outline to a horse's hoof, including a curved toe and lateral sides and a substantially flat rear edge and having,
- an upper hoof-contacting surface and
- a bottom horseshoe-mounting surface,
- a wedge shaped nodule projecting from the bottom horseshoe-mounting surface of the pad, said nodule including lateral sides defining a variable width of the nodule where the lateral sides are spaced from the sides of the pad and further including,
- a nodule base having a width, wherein the width of the nodule base does not substantially exceed the width of any other portion of the nodule and wherein the nodule base overlies the flat rear edge of the pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.