GB2123669A - Over-reach boots for horses - Google Patents
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- GB2123669A GB2123669A GB08319779A GB8319779A GB2123669A GB 2123669 A GB2123669 A GB 2123669A GB 08319779 A GB08319779 A GB 08319779A GB 8319779 A GB8319779 A GB 8319779A GB 2123669 A GB2123669 A GB 2123669A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K13/00—Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices; Protection against weather conditions or insects
- A01K13/006—Protective coverings
- A01K13/007—Leg, hoof or foot protectors
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Abstract
A boot comprises a tubular main body 1 formed of a resilient material such as a blown thermoplastic rubber and an outer layer in the form of a crown 4 of a harder shock resisting material such as a compacted thermoplastic rubber, polyurethane or PVC. The crown has an annular ring 5 and upstanding fingers 6 disposed about the ring. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
Over-reach boots for horses
This invention relates to over-reach boots for horses.
A known characteristic or defect in some horses, particularly young horses, is over-reaching, as a result of which the hooves of the horse's rear legs hit the hooves and lower part of the front legs, which can result in damage to the hooves and injury to the lower part of the front iegs. To prevent such damage, the lower parts of the front legs and the upper part of the front hooves are protected by means of over-reach boots.
One known type of over-reach boot consists of a leather gaiter which is strapped round the leg, but this type of bcot has the disadvantage that it is difficult to fasten tne boot satisfactorily, particularly on a lively horse. To overcome this problem it has been proposed to use a closed, generally tubular pull-on boot formed of a resilient material. Such boots are-put in position by being pulled over the horses hoof. The known type of pull-on boot has not been successful because, in order to provide the necessary resilience to enable the boot to be pulled over the hoof and then lie a snug fit round the lower part of the leg of the horse, the boots must be of such resilient material as to provide very limited protection.Attempts to improve the protection obtained by using a thicker or harder material inevitably reduce the resilience and make it more difficult to pull over the hoof.
The present invention seeks to provide a pull-on over-reach boot which overcomes or substantially reduces these problems.
According to the invention there is provided a pull-on over-reach boot for horses having a main body formed of a relatively resilient material and an outer layer of a harder shock-resisting material which is such as not to significantly affect the ability of the resilient main body to be stretched against its resilience to enable the boot to be pulled over a horses' hoof.
In a preferred embodiment, the outer layer consists of a plurality of spaced fingers disposed about the periphery of the main body, and the fingers may be connected to an annular ring of material located at or adjacent the largest periphery of the boot.
Preferably, the main body is formed of a blown or expanded rubber material and the outer shock resisting layer may be formed of a relatively rigid synthetic or natural rubber, or a plastics material such as polyurethane or P.V.C.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying informal drawing.
The drawing shows a pull-on over-reach boot for horses which has a main body 1 which is generally tubular but of non-uniform cross section having a larger periphery at its lower edge 3 which is designed to fit round a horse's hoof, and a smaller periphery 2 at its upper edge which is designed to be a snug fit round the horse's leg immediately above the hoof. The main body 1 is formed of a relatively resilient material such as a blown thermoplastic rubber.
The boot has an outer layer in the form of a crown 4 formed of a relatively hard shockresisting material such as a compacted thermoplastics rubber, polyurethane or P.V.C.
The crown 4 has an annular ring 5 extending round the largest periphery of the main body 1 from which ring 5 a plurality of fingers 6 extend upwardly about 3/4 of the height of the boot. The crown, when formed of a similar rubber material to the main body may be moulded with the main body 1 in an injection moulding process using a mould having two cores. With the first core in position, the crown 4 is moulded and then the second core is inserted in place of the first core to enable the main body 1 to be moulded to shape and bonded to the crown 4. Since the two components are formed of the same type of material a satisfactory vulcanised bond between the two is'obtained in such a process.
In other embodiments, the crown 4 may be formed of a synthetic plastics material such as a polyurethane or P.V,C. in which case, it would be cemented to the rubber main body.
It will thus be seen that the smaller opening 2 at the upper end of the boot may be stretched to pull the boot over a horse's hoof without the resilience of the main body being significantly affected by the fingers 5 of the crown 4. The spacing between-the fingers is such as to provide the necessary protection against blows from the rear hooves without significantly affecting the resilience of the main body. If it is required to have a very resilient edge at the lower-edge 3 of the boot the annular ring 5 may be omitted.
A pull-on over-reach boot for horses, having a main body of generally tubular form and formed of a relatively resilient material and an outer layer of a harder shock-resistant material which is such as not to significantly affect the ability of the main body to be stretched against its resilience to enable thebootto be pulled over a horse's foot.
2. An over-reach boot according to claim 1 wherein said outer layer consists of a plurality of spaced fingers disposed about the periphery of the main body.
3. An over-reach boot according to claim 2 wherein the fingers are connected to or formed integrally with an annular ring of material located at or adjacent the largest periphery of the boot.
4. An over-reach boot according to claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein, the main body is formed of a blown or expanded rubber material.
5. An over-reach boot according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein said outer layer is formed of a relatively rigid synthetic or natural rubber.
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- **WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **.SPECIFICATION Over-reach boots for horses This invention relates to over-reach boots for horses.A known characteristic or defect in some horses, particularly young horses, is over-reaching, as a result of which the hooves of the horse's rear legs hit the hooves and lower part of the front legs, which can result in damage to the hooves and injury to the lower part of the front iegs. To prevent such damage, the lower parts of the front legs and the upper part of the front hooves are protected by means of over-reach boots.One known type of over-reach boot consists of a leather gaiter which is strapped round the leg, but this type of bcot has the disadvantage that it is difficult to fasten tne boot satisfactorily, particularly on a lively horse. To overcome this problem it has been proposed to use a closed, generally tubular pull-on boot formed of a resilient material. Such boots are-put in position by being pulled over the horses hoof. The known type of pull-on boot has not been successful because, in order to provide the necessary resilience to enable the boot to be pulled over the hoof and then lie a snug fit round the lower part of the leg of the horse, the boots must be of such resilient material as to provide very limited protection.Attempts to improve the protection obtained by using a thicker or harder material inevitably reduce the resilience and make it more difficult to pull over the hoof.The present invention seeks to provide a pull-on over-reach boot which overcomes or substantially reduces these problems.According to the invention there is provided a pull-on over-reach boot for horses having a main body formed of a relatively resilient material and an outer layer of a harder shock-resisting material which is such as not to significantly affect the ability of the resilient main body to be stretched against its resilience to enable the boot to be pulled over a horses' hoof.In a preferred embodiment, the outer layer consists of a plurality of spaced fingers disposed about the periphery of the main body, and the fingers may be connected to an annular ring of material located at or adjacent the largest periphery of the boot.Preferably, the main body is formed of a blown or expanded rubber material and the outer shock resisting layer may be formed of a relatively rigid synthetic or natural rubber, or a plastics material such as polyurethane or P.V.C.A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying informal drawing.The drawing shows a pull-on over-reach boot for horses which has a main body 1 which is generally tubular but of non-uniform cross section having a larger periphery at its lower edge 3 which is designed to fit round a horse's hoof, and a smaller periphery 2 at its upper edge which is designed to be a snug fit round the horse's leg immediately above the hoof. The main body 1 is formed of a relatively resilient material such as a blown thermoplastic rubber.The boot has an outer layer in the form of a crown 4 formed of a relatively hard shockresisting material such as a compacted thermoplastics rubber, polyurethane or P.V.C.The crown 4 has an annular ring 5 extending round the largest periphery of the main body 1 from which ring 5 a plurality of fingers 6 extend upwardly about 3/4 of the height of the boot. The crown, when formed of a similar rubber material to the main body may be moulded with the main body 1 in an injection moulding process using a mould having two cores. With the first core in position, the crown 4 is moulded and then the second core is inserted in place of the first core to enable the main body 1 to be moulded to shape and bonded to the crown 4. Since the two components are formed of the same type of material a satisfactory vulcanised bond between the two is'obtained in such a process.In other embodiments, the crown 4 may be formed of a synthetic plastics material such as a polyurethane or P.V,C. in which case, it would be cemented to the rubber main body.It will thus be seen that the smaller opening 2 at the upper end of the boot may be stretched to pull the boot over a horse's hoof without the resilience of the main body being significantly affected by the fingers 5 of the crown 4. The spacing between-the fingers is such as to provide the necessary protection against blows from the rear hooves without significantly affecting the resilience of the main body. If it is required to have a very resilient edge at the lower-edge 3 of the boot the annular ring 5 may be omitted.A pull-on over-reach boot for horses, having a main body of generally tubular form and formed of a relatively resilient material and an outer layer of a harder shock-resistant material which is such as not to significantly affect the ability of the main body to be stretched against its resilience to enable thebootto be pulled over a horse's foot.
- 2. An over-reach boot according to claim 1 wherein said outer layer consists of a plurality of spaced fingers disposed about the periphery of the main body.
- 3. An over-reach boot according to claim 2 wherein the fingers are connected to or formed integrally with an annular ring of material located at or adjacent the largest periphery of the boot.
- 4. An over-reach boot according to claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein, the main body is formed of a blown or expanded rubber material.
- 5. An over-reach boot according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein said outer layer is formed of a relatively rigid synthetic or natural rubber.
- 6. An over-reach boot according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein said outer layer is formed of a plastics material.
- 7. An over-reach boot for horses substantially as described herein with reference to and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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| GB08319779A GB2123669A (en) | 1982-07-22 | 1983-07-22 | Over-reach boots for horses |
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| GB8221262 | 1982-07-22 | ||
| GB08319779A GB2123669A (en) | 1982-07-22 | 1983-07-22 | Over-reach boots for horses |
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| GB8319779D0 GB8319779D0 (en) | 1983-08-24 |
| GB2123669A true GB2123669A (en) | 1984-02-08 |
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| GB08319779A Withdrawn GB2123669A (en) | 1982-07-22 | 1983-07-22 | Over-reach boots for horses |
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP0194038A1 (en) * | 1985-02-22 | 1986-09-10 | Hilary Ann Westropp | Improvements in or relating to protective equipment for horses |
| US6931767B2 (en) | 2000-08-15 | 2005-08-23 | Footskins Limited | Foot cover |
| GB2447205A (en) * | 2007-03-08 | 2008-09-10 | Hilary Anne Westropp | An overreach boot for a horse |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| GB240385A (en) * | 1925-05-06 | 1925-10-01 | Charles Papworth | Improvements in boots for protecting the feet of animals |
| GB244546A (en) * | 1924-10-08 | 1925-12-24 | Samuel William Orr | Means for protecting the hoofs of sheep, oxen, and like animals |
| GB448656A (en) * | 1936-02-12 | 1936-06-12 | Frederick Percy Ford | Improvements in coverings for the hoofs and legs of animals |
| GB1580779A (en) * | 1978-04-22 | 1980-12-03 | Mill Factors Ltd | Horse boots |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| GB244546A (en) * | 1924-10-08 | 1925-12-24 | Samuel William Orr | Means for protecting the hoofs of sheep, oxen, and like animals |
| GB240385A (en) * | 1925-05-06 | 1925-10-01 | Charles Papworth | Improvements in boots for protecting the feet of animals |
| GB448656A (en) * | 1936-02-12 | 1936-06-12 | Frederick Percy Ford | Improvements in coverings for the hoofs and legs of animals |
| GB1580779A (en) * | 1978-04-22 | 1980-12-03 | Mill Factors Ltd | Horse boots |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP0194038A1 (en) * | 1985-02-22 | 1986-09-10 | Hilary Ann Westropp | Improvements in or relating to protective equipment for horses |
| USRE32930E (en) * | 1985-02-22 | 1989-05-30 | Protective equipment for horses | |
| US6931767B2 (en) | 2000-08-15 | 2005-08-23 | Footskins Limited | Foot cover |
| EP1309255B1 (en) * | 2000-08-15 | 2007-08-08 | Footskins Limited | Hoof cover |
| GB2447205A (en) * | 2007-03-08 | 2008-09-10 | Hilary Anne Westropp | An overreach boot for a horse |
| GB2447205B (en) * | 2007-03-08 | 2011-11-30 | Hilary Anne Westropp | Improvments in or relating to protective equipment for horses |
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| WAP | Application withdrawn, taken to be withdrawn or refused ** after publication under section 16(1) |