CA1186575A - Protective garment for the legs of a quadruped of the horse genus and material for such garment - Google Patents

Protective garment for the legs of a quadruped of the horse genus and material for such garment

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CA1186575A
CA1186575A CA000365866A CA365866A CA1186575A CA 1186575 A CA1186575 A CA 1186575A CA 000365866 A CA000365866 A CA 000365866A CA 365866 A CA365866 A CA 365866A CA 1186575 A CA1186575 A CA 1186575A
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Peter I. Pellew
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Abstract

ABSTRACT

A one piece protective garmentfor horse's legs comprises a flat, flexible pad foldable to encircle the legs and securable in position e.g. by "Velcro"
straps on one side edge of the pad co-operating with "Velcro" strips at the other side edge. The pad consists of an outer layer of nylon reinforced PVC, a central layer of foam and an inner layer of imitation fur. Extra thicklless knee and hock portions are provided on the garment. The bottom edge of the pad is spilt to form a flap that covers the coronary band but flares over the hoof. The fleshy bulbs of the heels are covered.

Description

"PROTECTIVE GARMENT FOR TtlE LEGS OF A ~UADRUPED
OF THE HORSE GENUS A~D MATERIAL FOR SUCH GARMENT"

This invention concerns a protective garment for the legs of a quadruped of the horse genus. The genus includes horses, donkeys, mules etc, and although the invention extends to the whole of the genus, it will hereafter be particularly described with reference to the use of the garment for protecting legs of a horse. In another aspect, the invention also concerns a material for such a garment.
It is well-known that when horses are transported be it by road or rail, or even on water, their legs are very vulnerable to injury due to sudden acceleration or deceleration motions or sudden changes of direction.
More particularly, when horses are transported by road, injuries frequently occur when the motor vehicle stops suddenly or brakes hard, whereupon the horse can damage its front knees; similarly, when the vehicle is swerving or cornering violently, in its efforts to keep its balance the horse will tread sideways ~nd one leg may damage the bulbs (the fleshy ou~side part) of the heel of the other leg or may step on and injure the coronary band, which is the name for the sensitive part where the hoof joins the fleshy part of the leg;
oragain, on sudden acceleration the horse's hocks may be injured.
While this problem has been recognised, attempts to overcome it have not been satisfactory. Hitherto, known leg~protecting garments for horses have consisted of a large number of discre~e articles such as knee caps, hock boots, bandages, overreach 10 boots and gamgee.
The fitting of these g~rments had to be done sequentially and took a very great deal of time, even up to 20 minutes for the four legs of the horse.
Moreover, if these garments were applied incompetently 15 e.g. by over-tightening the bandages, thehorse's legs could be damaged by constricting the circulation or by causing friction sores, or sores due to inadequate drying of wet limbs. Also, these known garments could not always be washed and maintained in a satisfactory 20 manner.
The present invention seeks to eliminate the above-mentioned disadvantages of known protective garments for the legs of a quadruped of the horse genus and to provide an improved protective garment, preferably 25 a one-piece garment, which provides a very high level ofprotection for the hock, knee cap, cannon and shannon bones, fetlock, pastern, coronary band, heels, bulbs and hool~ walls of a horse's le~" which can be Elttel speed~'y, e.g. in one or Lwo minutes, which cari be ~ecured in '~ m~nlle- not re~lu;rillg extra skilL, which guarantees freedom of flexing movement of the leg S joints, which is made from a material which is comfortable to the animal, which allows air to circulate between the garment and the limbs of the animal, which is resistant to chemical or mechanical damage and which is easily maintained by being completely washable.
According to one aspect of the present invention~
there is provided a protective garment for the leg of a quadruped of the horse genus, comprising a flat, flexible pad having a top edge, side edges and a bottom, fastening means Oll saicl pad for securing it about 15 the legs of the quaclruped, said pad further including a reinforced, thicker portion for protecting the knee or hock of the quadruped, the pad being dimensioned such that its top edge extends above the knee or hock while its bottom edge extends to the hoof and the 20 heel of the leg, and a split and flared flap provided at said bottom edge.
According to anoLher aspect oE this invention there is provided a protective garment for protecting the legs of a quadruped, the garment being in the form 25 of flexible, flat pad foLdable into a generally cylindri-cal shape to encircle a leg of the quadruped, said pad including an outer layer made from a tough, water-impermeable material, a core of non-absorbent foam material of high impact resistance and an :inner layer destined to engage the leg of the animal and made of real or imitation fur~ saicl outer layer, core and inner layer being united together~
The outer layer may be of canvas but preferably is of a synthetic material most preferably a fine nylon netting which has beencoated with polyvinyl-chloride.
The inner layer is preferably imi~ation (synthetic) sheepskin.
The preferred form of fastening is a band extending 10 from one side edge of the pad co-operable with a strip on the opposite side edge, the band and strip being made from "Velcro" (Trade Mark) i,e. a material comprising interpenetrating, randomly arranged fabric hooks, although other fastenings may also be used such as 15 buckles, and press-stucls.
The said flap is so shaped that the coronary band on the leg is completely encircled and the hoof is partially protected.
In the case of a garment for the rear leg of the 20 horse, the garment is dimensioned to extend above the hock but without there being any fastening in that area so as not to rub or interfere with the flexure of the hock joint.
The reinforced portion of the pad for the knee and 25 the hock may have a double or triple thickness of said coreO
When the garment is to be made for the front legs of horses it ls provided with four fasteners while the garment for the rear legs is provided with three fasteners.
In a preferred embodiment the front le8 protecting garment is generally rectangular but one side edge portion is cut away to form a recess extending from that side edge to about the longitudinal central line of the garment; the reinforced knee portion is adjacent to this recessO Preferably9 the rear leg 10 protecting garment has a main; generally rectangular portion and, integrally therewith, an extension portion which extends from the top edge of the main portion and which is of reduced width, the extension portion carrying centrally the reinforced hock partion 15 and having a projecting side flap.
The invention wi11 be described merely by way of example, with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment, wherein:
Figure 1 is a side view of a horse wearing the ?O proteetive garment according to the invention, Figure 2 is a developed plan view of a front leg protecting garment, and Figure 3 is a developed plan view of a rear leg protecting garment.
Expressions such as "top", "bottom" and "side"
throughout this specification and claims refer to the relevant direc~ions or orientations shown in the drawings.

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Refem ng first to Figure 1, there is shown a horse 10 provided on each of its legs with a protective garment accordirlg to the invention.
The garments 11 on the front legs 12 of the horse 10 are mirror-symmetrical and accordingly only the garment 11 for the fron~ right leg willbe described with special reference to Figure 2.
Similarly, the ga-rments 11 on the back or rear legs 13 of the horse 10 are mirror symmetrical and accordingly only the garment 11 for the back right leg will be described with special reference to Figure 3.
Each garment 11 is in the orm of a flexible pad 14 o generally rectangular shape foldable into a generally cylindrical shape to encircle a leg 12. The pad 14 is a multilayer laminate and comprises a plurality of juxtaposed rectangular panels 15 connected together e.g. by stitching and/or welding. The seams are designated by 16. The edges 17 are reinforced stitched fabric tapes, The pad 14 has an outer layer 18 made from a fine nylon mesh or netting to which a polyvinyl-chloride layer has been applied. This layer 18 is thus very tough, resists cracks, tears and rips (so that if such tears or cuts occur, they will not readily propagate), is water-impermeableand resists fading or staining. Moreover, in the range of temperatures it is anticipated to subject the garment, the layer 18 will not be affected by temperature variations and will be dimensionally stable.

Most importantly~ the flexibility of the layer 18 ensures that limb movements of the quadruped are not hindered. Furthermore, the finish of the layer being smooth, it will tend to deflect blows from e.g. another hoof or legO
The core ~r central layer (not shown) bonded to the outer layer is a non-absorbent synthetic foam, e.g. a polyurethane foam, of high impact, of the "breathable" type.
The inner layer 20 is a furry material, preferably a synthetic fur imitating sheepskin and is bonded to the core and outer layer 18. The furry layer 20 thus provides the well-kno~m comfort or "feel" of fur, it is a good heat insulator yet permits air circulation to promote drying oE perspiration or wet~
ness due to rain~mist e~c, ~ urning now to Figure 2, the garrnent ~1 for the front legs 12 comprises a pad 1~ of generally rectangular shape~ One side edge 30 is provided with our approxim-ately equi-spaced fastening straps 31, the underside of each of which being provided with a "Velcro"
(Trade ~iark) tape 32. The tape 32 is co-operable with and securable to strips 33 of "Velcro" sewn at corresponding locations adjacent the opposite side edge 3~l when the ga~lent is folded about the Legs of the horse~
That same side edge is provided with a generally U-shaped arcuate recess 36 extending to about the centre of the pad 16, between the uppermost strip 33 ~ 7~

and the adjacent strip 33. Level with the recess 36 the pad 1~. is provi,ded with a reinforced hTlee protector ~0 of triple fo~n core thickness sewn on the pad 14, The bottom edge /1 of the pad 1~J has an inverted V-shaped flap L2 produced by a slit h3 and oblique stitching ~,. The flap 42 in use covers the hoof ~5 of the horse's leg, This not only prevents the garme-nt from riding up during use9 but also protects the sensitive area of the animal's coronary band, The rest of the bottom edge ~1 encircles the heel of the horse to protect the bulb portion46.
As may be seen from Figure 1 the garment 11 for the front legs 12 extencls at its top edge ~7 to above the knee 68, The garment 11 for the rear legs 13 shown in Figure 3 is essentially similar: the construction of the pad lh, the provision of the flap 42 and the nature of the fastening straps 31 and co-operating strips 33 are identical. Hence hereafter only the differences will be described.
The shape of the top of the pad lh is different.
It may be said to have a generally rectangular main portion 60 that terminates at transverse edge 61 and an integrally connected extension portion 62 which is about 3/4 the width of the main portion 60. In the centre of the extension portion 62 is a reinforcement 63, similar to the reinforcement described above, but unlike the latter, the reinforcement 63 is of double thickness only, The garment of Figure 3 has three co-operating straps and strips which means that (see Figure 1~
the hocks of rear legs of the horse are completely free in flexure.
The side edge 6~ of the extension portion 62 has an outwardly flaring shape which goes over into an oppositely flaring part of the side edge 65 of the main pad portion 60, whereby to form a side flap 70 which protects the part of the horse~s rear leg immediately below the hock.
It will be appreciated that the preferred embodiment of the invention provides a one-piece protective garment for the legs of the horse genus which will prevent, or at least greatly reduce the risk of, injury to all the sensitive parts of the legs, which is easy and quick to apply while being difEicuLt to over-tighten, which is hygienic and comfortable, which is easy to store when not in use, lightweight and which can be readily washed, even machine-washed.
The garment may be made in a variety of sizes to suit the animal, e.g. pony-size, cob-size and full-size. The weight of the material may also be readily varied.

Typical (but nonNlimitative) dimensions are as follows:
Horse Cob Pony __ _ Length in cm. 69.0 57.0 ~L9 . 5 Width in cm ~max) ~0.0 36.0 30.0 Width of each panel in cm. 10.0 9.0 7.5 Rear Le~s Length in cm. 74.0 63.5 51.0 Width in cm (Max) ~0,0 36.0 30~0 Width of each panel in cm. 10.0 9.0 7.5 Diameter of knee pad Front leg ~max,) 15.0 1~.0 12.7 Rear leg (max.) 10.0 9.0 9.0 Length of split ~front & rear) in pad 9.0 5,0 5~0

Claims (7)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:-
1. A protective one piece garment for the leg of a quadruped of the horse genus, comprising a flat flexible pad foldable into a generally cylindrical shape to encircle a leg of the quadruped and having a top edge, side edges and a bottom edge, fastening means on said pad for securing it about the legs of the quadruped, the pad including a reinforced, thicker portion for protecting the knee or hock of the quad-ruped, the pad extends above the knee or hock while its bottom edge extends to the hoof or hock and the heel of the leg, and a split and flared flap provided at said bottom edge, with the proviso that when the garment is a front leg protecting garment, the garment is generally rectangular but one side edge is cut away to form a recess extending from that side edge to about the longitudinal central line of the garment, and the reinforced knee portion is adjacent to this recess, and that when the garment is a rear leg protecting garment, the garment has a main, generally rectangular portion and, integrally therewith, an extension portion which extends from the top edge of the main portion and which is of reduced width, the extension portion carrying centrally the reinforced hock portion and having a projecting side flap.
2. A protective garment according to claim 1, wherein said pad includes an outer layer made from a water-impermeable material, a core of non-absorbent foam material and an inner layer destined to engage the leg of the animal and made of real or imitation fur, said outer layer, core and inner layer being united together.
3. A garment according to claim 2, wherein the outer layer is of nylon netting or mesh which has been coated with polyvinyl-chloride.
4. A garment according to claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein said fastening means includes a plurality of bands each extending from one side edge of the pad and co-operable with one of a plurality of strips on the opposite side edge, the bands and strips being made from or including "Velcro" (Registered Trade Mark).
5. A garment according to claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein ?he said flap is so shaped and dimensioned that in use the coronary band on the leg of the animal is completely encircled and the hoof is partially protected.
6. A garment according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein in the case of a garment for the rear legs of the quadruped, the garment is dimensioned to extend above the hock but without there being any fastening means in that area so as not to rub or interfere with the flexure of the hock joint.
7. A garment according to claim 2 or 3 wherein the reinforced portion of the pad for the knee and the hock have a triple and double thickness, respectively, of said core.
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