Horse leg and hoof support stand
OwnerHarlan Cooper Williams, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A support stand for supporting the leg and hoof of a horse includes a base member adapted for seating on a horizontal support surface, and a hoof receptacle including bottom, rear end, and side walls that cooperate to define an open topped hoof-receiving chamber that is open at its forward end. A vertical adjustment device serves to adjust the vertical position of the hoof receptacle relative to the base. The hoof receptacle is connected with the vertical adjustment device for pivotal displacement about a horizontal pivot axis parallel with the receptacle rear wall, and an angle adjustment device serves to adjust the angular orientation of the hoof receptacle relative to the vertical adjustment rod. Accordingly, the horse leg is held in a flexed, pre-set position by adjustment of the leg and hoof support.
Claims4
A support stand for supporting the hoof of a horse, comprising
- (a) a base member adapted for seating on a horizontal support surface;
- (b) a vertical support rod having upper and lower ends, said support rod lower end being adjustably connected with said base member for sliding movement between vertically spaced positions relative to said base member;
- (c) a pivot assembly connected with said support rod upper end;
- (d) a hoof receptacle connected with said pivot assembly, said hoof receptacle including a concave bottom wall, a flat rear wall and opposed side walls defining an open topped chamber that is open at its forward end for receiving the horse hoof;
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- (e) an angle adjustment mechanism connected with said pivot assembly for adjusting the angular orientation of said hoof receptacle relative to said vertical support rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.