Horseshoe impact pad

Details Horseshoe impact pad Horseshoe impact pad

1995-01-10

1996-04-23

Swiatek, Robert P.

Farriery

Shoes

Cushioned

168 28, A01L 702

Patent

active

055094848

ABSTRACT:
An improved horseshoe shock-absorbing impact pad for horses including a generally oval-shaped panel truncated on one side to have an outer perimeter configured to correspond to the hoofprint of a horse. The panel is made of a relatively firm, resilient material, and includes a honeycomb-configured core having a first sheet of resilient material bonded to one face of the core and a second sheet of resilient material bonded to the opposite face of the core to form a plurality of hermetically sealed cells. The core comprises bonded together first and second regions. The first region having a plurality of strips of thermoplastic material having a first stiffness characteristic, bonded together along a plurality of first bond joints to form a plurality of contiguous regular shaped cells. The second region similarly having a plurality of strips of thermoplastic material having a second stiffness characteristic, bonded together along a plurality of second bond joints to form a plurality of contiguous regular shaped cells. Each of the first and the second bond joints forming a forming a first and a second bond row, respectively. Each of the first and the second bond rows disposed parallel to each other and disposed perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the panel. When the pad is placed between a horseshoe and horse's hoof the pad tends to absorb a substantial part of the shock energy that would otherwise be transmitted to the hoof.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1702882 (1929-02-01), Tweed
patent: 3180421 (1965-04-01), Hirshberg et al.
patent: 4823883 (1989-04-01), Colonel et al.

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