Farriery – Shoes – Fastenings
Patent
1977-12-16
1979-11-20
Chamblee, Hugh R.
Farriery
Shoes
Fastenings
A01L 300, A01L 500
Patent
active
041747542
ABSTRACT:
An improved horseshoe of molded composition having a tread portion shaped to cover the entire bottom of a horse's hoof and a flexible upwardly extending envelope portion shaped to conform to the walls of a horse's hoof and having a pair of triangular folds in the front portion to provide contractile flexibility, and an adjustable tensioning member being a flexible cable which is fastened at its ends to the front portion and which loops back on both sides of the horseshoe to engage sleeves secured the opposed surfaces of brackets affixed to the inside of the side walls of the horseshoe, and over-center tensioning means secured to the front part of the horseshoe for engagement with the flexible cable for snugging the shoe securely to the horse's hoof, the brackets also having inwardly downwardly slanting projecting barbs for non-slipping engagement with the side walls of the horse's hoof when the shoe is snugged on the horse's hoof.
REFERENCES:
patent: 122972 (1872-01-01), Sloat
patent: 3703209 (1972-11-01), Glass
patent: 3732929 (1973-05-01), Glass
Chamblee Hugh R.
Heyman Henry
Les-Kare Inc.
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