CA2005447A1 - Horseshoe - Google Patents
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Abstract
INVENTOR
Willard H. Anderson 849 Beryl Street San Diego, California 92109 TITLE OF THE INVENTION
Horseshoe ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION
A horseshoe formed of a predetermined metallic material having a central arcuate portion, an arcuate right leg portion, and an arcuate left leg portion. The arcuate leg portions have a predetermined thickness of non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to their bottom surface. The shock absorbing material has a plurality of recessed portions in its bottom surface and nail hole apertures are located therein that pass through the shock absorbing material and also the metallic material of the horseshoe. The non-metallic shock absorbing material absorbs up to 70 percent of the shock received by the horses foot while walking or running. One embodiment of the horseshoe has ceramic chips embedded in the bottom surface of the arcuate leg portions to help prevent slipping on ice or wet pavement.
Willard H. Anderson 849 Beryl Street San Diego, California 92109 TITLE OF THE INVENTION
Horseshoe ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION
A horseshoe formed of a predetermined metallic material having a central arcuate portion, an arcuate right leg portion, and an arcuate left leg portion. The arcuate leg portions have a predetermined thickness of non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to their bottom surface. The shock absorbing material has a plurality of recessed portions in its bottom surface and nail hole apertures are located therein that pass through the shock absorbing material and also the metallic material of the horseshoe. The non-metallic shock absorbing material absorbs up to 70 percent of the shock received by the horses foot while walking or running. One embodiment of the horseshoe has ceramic chips embedded in the bottom surface of the arcuate leg portions to help prevent slipping on ice or wet pavement.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to horseshoes and more specifically to a horseshoe designed to reduce the amount of shock received by the hoof of a horse while walking or running.
Presently, state of the art horseshoes are made of a metallic material which is attached to the bottom surface of the horse's hoof by a plurality of nails. Since a horse normally weighs upwardly of one thousand pounds or more, each step while walking or running produces a tremendous impact force on the bottom surface of the horse's hoof. The metallic horseshoes presently used do nothing to lessen the amount of the force.
It is an object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe having non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to its bottom surface.
It is another obj&ct of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe that will aid in relieving pain in the foot, ankle, knee and shoulders of injured horses.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe that will allow injured horses to recover at an accelerated rate from injuries to their feet, ankles, knees and shoulders.
The invention relates to horseshoes and more specifically to a horseshoe designed to reduce the amount of shock received by the hoof of a horse while walking or running.
Presently, state of the art horseshoes are made of a metallic material which is attached to the bottom surface of the horse's hoof by a plurality of nails. Since a horse normally weighs upwardly of one thousand pounds or more, each step while walking or running produces a tremendous impact force on the bottom surface of the horse's hoof. The metallic horseshoes presently used do nothing to lessen the amount of the force.
It is an object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe having non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to its bottom surface.
It is another obj&ct of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe that will aid in relieving pain in the foot, ankle, knee and shoulders of injured horses.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe that will allow injured horses to recover at an accelerated rate from injuries to their feet, ankles, knees and shoulders.
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It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe having ceramic chips embedded in the ~ottom surface of its arcuate leg portions to prevent slipping on ice or wet pavement.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe that increases the useful life of the horse shoe due to the abrasive resistant properties of the non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to its bottom surface.
It is an additional object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe that is econornical to manufacture and marlcet.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Applicant's novel horseshoe is formed from a standard metal horseshoe having a central arcuate portion, an arcuate right leg portion, and an arcuate left leg portion. the bottom surface of the horseshoe is covered with a predetermined thickness of non-metallic shock absorbing material. The shock absorbing material has a plurality of recessed portions where nail hole apertures are located that pass entirely through the shock absorbing material and the metal of the horseshoe.
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The bottom surface of the arcuate leg portions each have an inner concave portion, an outer convex portion and a ridge portion therebetween. The nail hole apertures pass upwardly through the ridge portion and the non-metallic shock absorbing material forms a plug in the nail hole apertures that aids in securing the shock absorbing material to the horseshoe. The non-metallic shock absorbing material also covers the inner concave portion and the outer convex portion of the metallic horseshoe to further aid in securing the shock absorbing material to the horseshoe.
The non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to the bottom surface of the arcuate leg portions provide structure for stabilizing the horses foot against lateral side motion while running. Also, on the horseshoes to be mounted on the front hoof of the horse, an arcuate toe member extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the metal horseshoe. A dirt relief gap is provided between the lateral edges of the arcuate toe member and the buildup of non-metallic shock absorbing material which allows the dirt which is initially captured behind the toe member to slide outwardly through the dirt relief gap and not become clogged behind the toe member on the bottom of the horse's hoof.
The non-meta].lic shock absorbing material is Hiperthane. It is a MDI based polyether which cures to a resilient bouncy high tear elastimer in the 90 Shore A range. The resin is ideal when a high performance elastimer with good abrasion resistance is required. Some of its physical properties are set forth below:
Hardness, Shore A (00/10 sec.) 90/89 Tensile Strength, psi 6700 Ultimate Elongation,% 550 Modulus, psi 100% Elongation 1100 300% Elongation 2030 Tear Resistance~ Die C, pli 750 Split Tear, pli 380 Compression Set, %, Meth, B 30 Abrasion-3000 gm., 1000cy.
Taber H18 Wheels, mg. loss 29 Bashore Resilience, %
2Q~ 7 DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the novel horseshoe;
Figure 2 is a top plan view of the the novel horseshoe;
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 3-3 of Figure l;
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 4-4 of Figure l; and Figure 5 is a partial bottom plan view of an alternative embodiment horseshoe having ceramic chips embedded in its bottom surface.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Applicant's novel horseshoe will now be described by referring to Figures 1-5 of the drawing. The horseshoe is generally designated numeral 10. It has a central arcuate portion 12, an arcuate left leg portion 14, and an arcuate right leg portion 16. The metallic portion of the horseshoe has a top surface 18. The bottom surface of the horseshoe has a convex outer portion 19, a concave inner portion 20, and a top ridge portion 21. A groove 22 extends along a major portion of the ridge portion 21 of the arcuate right and leg portions. A
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predetermined thickness (h) of non-m~tallic shock absorbing material attached to the bottom surface. The metallic portion of the shoe has a height (H).
An arcuate toe member 24 extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the horseshoe that is worn on the front hoofs of a horse.
A plurality of nail holes 26 pass through both the non-metallic shock absorbing material 17 and the metal horseshoe.
Recessed portions 28 are formed in the shock absorbing material 17 surrounding the nail hole apertures Z6. The portion of the shock absorbing material that has flowed into the groove 22 and the nail apertures 26 form the respective plugs 3~ and 32 and these aid in attaching the shock absorbing material to the bottom surface of the metallic horseshoe.
A dirt relief gap 36 is formed between the lateral edges of arcuate toe member 26 and the build up shock absorbing material 17 on the arcuate right and left leg portions 14 and 16.
An alternative embodiment is illustrated in ~igure 5 and it shows the use of ceramic chips 40 embedded in the bottom surface of the non-metallic shock absorbing material 17 that is attached to the arcuate leg portions of a horseshoe.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe having ceramic chips embedded in the ~ottom surface of its arcuate leg portions to prevent slipping on ice or wet pavement.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe that increases the useful life of the horse shoe due to the abrasive resistant properties of the non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to its bottom surface.
It is an additional object of the invention to provide a novel horseshoe that is econornical to manufacture and marlcet.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Applicant's novel horseshoe is formed from a standard metal horseshoe having a central arcuate portion, an arcuate right leg portion, and an arcuate left leg portion. the bottom surface of the horseshoe is covered with a predetermined thickness of non-metallic shock absorbing material. The shock absorbing material has a plurality of recessed portions where nail hole apertures are located that pass entirely through the shock absorbing material and the metal of the horseshoe.
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The bottom surface of the arcuate leg portions each have an inner concave portion, an outer convex portion and a ridge portion therebetween. The nail hole apertures pass upwardly through the ridge portion and the non-metallic shock absorbing material forms a plug in the nail hole apertures that aids in securing the shock absorbing material to the horseshoe. The non-metallic shock absorbing material also covers the inner concave portion and the outer convex portion of the metallic horseshoe to further aid in securing the shock absorbing material to the horseshoe.
The non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to the bottom surface of the arcuate leg portions provide structure for stabilizing the horses foot against lateral side motion while running. Also, on the horseshoes to be mounted on the front hoof of the horse, an arcuate toe member extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the metal horseshoe. A dirt relief gap is provided between the lateral edges of the arcuate toe member and the buildup of non-metallic shock absorbing material which allows the dirt which is initially captured behind the toe member to slide outwardly through the dirt relief gap and not become clogged behind the toe member on the bottom of the horse's hoof.
The non-meta].lic shock absorbing material is Hiperthane. It is a MDI based polyether which cures to a resilient bouncy high tear elastimer in the 90 Shore A range. The resin is ideal when a high performance elastimer with good abrasion resistance is required. Some of its physical properties are set forth below:
Hardness, Shore A (00/10 sec.) 90/89 Tensile Strength, psi 6700 Ultimate Elongation,% 550 Modulus, psi 100% Elongation 1100 300% Elongation 2030 Tear Resistance~ Die C, pli 750 Split Tear, pli 380 Compression Set, %, Meth, B 30 Abrasion-3000 gm., 1000cy.
Taber H18 Wheels, mg. loss 29 Bashore Resilience, %
2Q~ 7 DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the novel horseshoe;
Figure 2 is a top plan view of the the novel horseshoe;
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 3-3 of Figure l;
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 4-4 of Figure l; and Figure 5 is a partial bottom plan view of an alternative embodiment horseshoe having ceramic chips embedded in its bottom surface.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Applicant's novel horseshoe will now be described by referring to Figures 1-5 of the drawing. The horseshoe is generally designated numeral 10. It has a central arcuate portion 12, an arcuate left leg portion 14, and an arcuate right leg portion 16. The metallic portion of the horseshoe has a top surface 18. The bottom surface of the horseshoe has a convex outer portion 19, a concave inner portion 20, and a top ridge portion 21. A groove 22 extends along a major portion of the ridge portion 21 of the arcuate right and leg portions. A
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predetermined thickness (h) of non-m~tallic shock absorbing material attached to the bottom surface. The metallic portion of the shoe has a height (H).
An arcuate toe member 24 extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the horseshoe that is worn on the front hoofs of a horse.
A plurality of nail holes 26 pass through both the non-metallic shock absorbing material 17 and the metal horseshoe.
Recessed portions 28 are formed in the shock absorbing material 17 surrounding the nail hole apertures Z6. The portion of the shock absorbing material that has flowed into the groove 22 and the nail apertures 26 form the respective plugs 3~ and 32 and these aid in attaching the shock absorbing material to the bottom surface of the metallic horseshoe.
A dirt relief gap 36 is formed between the lateral edges of arcuate toe member 26 and the build up shock absorbing material 17 on the arcuate right and left leg portions 14 and 16.
An alternative embodiment is illustrated in ~igure 5 and it shows the use of ceramic chips 40 embedded in the bottom surface of the non-metallic shock absorbing material 17 that is attached to the arcuate leg portions of a horseshoe.
Claims (11)
1. A horseshoe formed of a predetermined metallic material comprising:
a central arcuate portion, an arcuate right leg portion, and an arcuate left leg portion;
said horseshoe having a top surface that attaches to the bottom surface of a horse's hoof and a bottom surface for walking on;
a plurality of nail hole apertures are formed in said arcuate right leg portion and in said arcuate left leg portion;
and a predetermined thickness of non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to the bottom surface of said horseshoe.
a central arcuate portion, an arcuate right leg portion, and an arcuate left leg portion;
said horseshoe having a top surface that attaches to the bottom surface of a horse's hoof and a bottom surface for walking on;
a plurality of nail hole apertures are formed in said arcuate right leg portion and in said arcuate left leg portion;
and a predetermined thickness of non-metallic shock absorbing material attached to the bottom surface of said horseshoe.
2. A horseshoe as recited in claim 1 further comprising recessed portions in said non-metallic shock absorbing material where said nail hole apertures are located.
3. A horseshoe as recited in claim 2 wherein said recessed portions are located along the outside edges of said leg portions.
4. A horseshoe as recited in claim 1 wherein said central arcuate portion has a downwardly extending arcuate toe member.
5. A horseshoe as recited in claim 4 wherein there is a dirt relief gap located on both lateral sides of said arcuate toe member.
6. A horseshoe as recited in claim 1 wherein said bottom surface of said arcuate leg portions have an inner concave portion, an outer convex portion and a ridge portion therebetween.
7. A horseshoe as recited in claim 1 wherein said horseshoe is made of aluminum.
8. A horseshoe as recited in claim 1 wherein said horseshoe is made of steel.
9. A horseshoe as recited in claim 1 wherein the thickness of said horseshoe has a height (H) and the thickness (h) of said non-metallic shock absorbing material is at least .50 H.
10. A horseshoe as recited in claim 1 wherein said non-metallic shock absorbing material is Hiperthane.
11. A horseshoe as recited in claim 1 further comprising ceramic chips embedded in the bottom surface of said arcuate leg portions to help prevent slipping on ice or wet pavement.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA 2005447 CA2005447A1 (en) | 1989-12-13 | 1989-12-13 | Horseshoe |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA 2005447 CA2005447A1 (en) | 1989-12-13 | 1989-12-13 | Horseshoe |
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| CA2005447A1 true CA2005447A1 (en) | 1991-06-13 |
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| CA 2005447 Abandoned CA2005447A1 (en) | 1989-12-13 | 1989-12-13 | Horseshoe |
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- 1989-12-13 CA CA 2005447 patent/CA2005447A1/en not_active Abandoned
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