CZ16019U1 - Leggings for horses - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a horse boot for use about the fetlock joint region of a horse, comprising a front lining (3), a back lining (4) and a filling piece (1) located between said front and back linings (3, 4), one or more straps for securing the boot around said region, wherein it includes a front lining (3), back lining (4) and filling piece (1) with lateral edges (5, 6) and upper edge (7) of identical shape and bottom edges conformed with denticules (8 and 9), and complementary elongated pieces (10 and 11) to form protuberances (12 and 13). The horse boot according to the invention has the effect that it compel the animal to raise his (or one of his) legs up to a height that normally would not be possible to reach.

Description

The technical solution relates to a horse gait carefully designed and developed to adapt to the horse's ankle joint, thereby noticeably improving its joint and performance in riding.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Horse Gaiters is a device used to protect the lower leg of a horse that offers quick adaptation to the limb, particularly in the area of the joint, to prevent injury to the horse, especially in competitions such as polo, horse racing, rodeo, show jumping, etc.

As is known to horse breeders, gaiters for horses are the most important device at the moment of a horse's jump in overcoming obstacles and other movements related to the practice of this sport to prevent injury to the horse.

Injuries can occur when the horse's front and / or hind legs touch each other, or when one foot is stepping on the other, or when the hind foot touches the front leg while performing competitive activities such as trot, gallop and / or jets.

Horse gaiters of this type are described, for example, in the following materials that meet current requirements: US 1 945 226, US 2 512 925, GB 2 063 681, EP 0 059 917, US 4 470 411, GB 2 164 538, GB 2 308 285, EP 0 275 727, GB 2,241,632, US 5,115,627, GB 2,265,812.

All of the horse gaiters mentioned in these documents, which represent the current state of development, are provided with one or more fronts or layers, one or more backs or layers and padding positioned between the front and back covers. The horse gait is also completed with belts that secure the horse gait around the horse's leg. Such horse gaiters typically have a complicated configuration and are therefore manufactured using relatively demanding and expensive methods. However, these horse gaiters serve only to protect the horse's joint and cannot be used for training purposes.

Other well known types of gaiters for horses are used especially during the training of the horse in jumping over obstacles. This type of gaiters for horses is described in German document DE 37 15 015. The gaiters described therein are equipped with a metal weight (eg lead) to increase the weight on the front and / or hind limbs of the animal, forcing it to lift the legs. Also known are gaiters for horses equipped with steel plates to increase the durability of equipment and its weight. Such horse gaiters are equipped with a very heavy and strong material which, in continuous use, in many cases eventually leads to animal injury.

The essence of the technical solution

In order to achieve the above object, a horse gait is to be used on the horse's joint, which is provided with a front cover, a back cover and a padding with side and top edges of the same shape and lower edges with developed teeth and complementary elongated parts (feet) to form protrusions.

The proposed horse gaiters provide the rider with optimum performance by guiding horses to perform the moves and jumps they must perform under the competition rules while protecting the animal.

In the case of the proposed leggings for horses, the front and back covers are made of leather.

The padding is made of injected polyurethane for shock absorption.

Horse gaiters are fitted with at least two elongated polyurethane feet.

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Another part of horse gaiters is one or two belts with a specific surface (eg velcr and Velcro).

The design of the proposed horse leggings in combination with the solid material causes the horse leggings to remain open in shape, forcing a great deal of force to fasten the belts to optimally adapt the horse leggings to the rear of the horse's joint, thus promoting a corresponding front leg force response. a part of the joint; all this will force the animal to raise its legs up to the level necessary for the flawless jump of the obstacle, which would normally not be possible.

In fact, only five basic components are required to produce said gaiters for horses, resulting in a surprising functional improvement over other existing gaiters for horses. Thus, in order to achieve the required stiffness for the horse gaiters, an injection molded polyurethane filler in specific sizes was developed, as well as a front leather coating corresponding to the same size and a rear finishing coating.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Horse gaiters will be illustrated in greater detail by means of drawings to illustrate:

Giant. 1: front view of gaiters for horses; Fig. 2: rear view of leggings for horses;

Fig. 3: a view of the components taken individually for making a gait for a horse; FIGS. 4 and 5: views of a method of construction of a horse gait.

Examples of technical solution

The horse gait 1 is equipped with an injectable polyurethane padding 2, a leather front cover 3 and a leather back cover 4, wherein the padding 2, front cover 3 and back cover 4 have equally shaped sides 5 and 6 and an upper part 7 which is a combination of mixed lines. Teeth 8 and 9 have been developed at the lower edge of the filler 2 and the front cover 3 in order to increase the flexibility of the assembly. The design of the gaiters I is completed with two polyurethane support feet 10 and 11 to form the protrusions 12 and 13 needed to adapt the gaiters I to the horse's ankle joint. To fasten the leggings 1 to the horse's leg, two belts 14 and 15 have been developed, equipped with a velcro and buckles with rings 16 to facilitate placement and pressing onto the horse's ankle.

And as shown in Figure 4, after mounting the faceplate 3 on the filler 2, the backplate is applied

4, already equipped with two polyurethane support feet 10 and 11 to form protrusions 12 a

13, as shown in Figure 5. These structural dispositions have led to a better use of gaiters for horses, which is the subject of a utility model, as compared to existing gaiters for horses to provide gaiters 1 with a better fit to the horse's ankle joint. without hurting it, and better performance in performing horse movements and jumps in competitions.

Claims (3)

Horse gaiters, characterized in that it is provided with an injection molded polyurethane filler (2), a front leather cover (3) and a back leather cover (4) which are fastened to one another along the edges, the front filler (2) being frontal the leather cover (3) and the back leather cover (4), having equally shaped hips (5) and (6) and an upper edge (7), the shaping of which is a combination of mixed lines 40, In the leather cover (3), teeth are provided to increase the flexibility of the assembly. -2EN 16019 Ul Horse gaiters according to claim 1, characterized in that it is provided on the back cover (4) with two elongated polyurethane feet (10) and (11) to form the projections (12) and (13) needed to accommodate the gaiters (1). ) the horse's joint. Horse gaiters according to claims 1 to 2, characterized in that two strips (14) and (15) are provided on the front skin of the cover (3) for positioning and pressing the gaiters (1) on the horse's joint. securely attach leggings (1) around the horse's leg. 3 drawings