JP2018121616A - Shoe for animal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shoe for an animal that enables a knuckling affected animal to keep normal foot posture and maintain normal walking motion while protecting the foot.SOLUTION: The shoe 1b for an animal includes: a bag body 3 that is formed in a bag shape in a manner enclosing from the tip of the toes; and an elastically deformable correction member 4b that is a member attached to the bag body 3 and for correcting for a normal foot posture and that has at least a rear face part 7 which is provided along the rear face of a foot in normal posture and side face parts 20, 20 which are connected to the rear face part 7 and provided along one side face or both side faces in the normal posture. As a result, this shoe 1b for an animal can keep normal foot posture and maintain normal walking motion while protecting the foot for a knuckling affected animal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to an animal shoe that is worn on a leg of an animal walking on four legs and protects the leg.

  Conventionally, animal shoes for protecting feet from the heat of asphalt road surfaces in summer and the snow melting agent in winter and the coldness of road surfaces have been proposed. However, in recent years, with the aging of humans, the aging of animals, such as dogs, has also progressed. There are an increasing number of dogs with so-called nack ring obstacles that walk with their backs on the ground or walking while rubbing their toenails. I couldn't handle a dog with a disability.

  In view of the above-described problems, an animal knuckle device described in Patent Document 1 has been proposed. The animal knuckle device described in Patent Document 1 is provided with an L-shaped holding member having rigidity, for example, at the rear and lower side of the portion where the phalangeal joint of the dog's forefoot is located. It is to be worn with a wearing tool such as a belt.

JP 2012-55596 A

  However, since the knuckle device described in Patent Document 1 employs a rigid L-shaped holding member, the holding member cannot follow the movement of the foot when the animal walks. There is a possibility that normal walking motion may be hindered by the holding member.

  Then, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and while maintaining the foot, while maintaining the normal posture of the foot with respect to an animal having a nack ring disorder, the normal walking motion is performed. An object is to provide animal shoes that can be maintained.

The present invention provides, as means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 is an animal shoe for protecting a leg of an animal walking on four legs, and the animal shoe wraps from a foot tip. A bag formed in a bag shape, and a member for correcting the posture of a normal foot, which is attached to the bag, and is provided along the back surface of the foot in a normal posture, And an elastically deformable correction member having at least a side surface portion connected to the back surface portion and provided along one side surface or both side surfaces of a normal posture.
In the invention of claim 1, the foot can be protected by the bag body of the animal shoe. Moreover, since the correction member has a back surface portion and a side surface portion, for example, for a dog with a knuckle obstruction, for example, if it is a front foot, the angle of the phalangeal joint is maintained in a normal state. be able to. The correction member is elastically deformable, and the side surface portion is elastically bent and deformed toward the front side, that is, in the direction in which the side surface portion approaches the toe portion of the shoe, so that normal walking motion is maintained. can do.

  In the animal shoe according to the present invention, the foot can be protected by the bag. Further, it is possible to correct and hold a normal leg posture with an orthodontic member for an animal having a nack ring disorder and to maintain a normal walking motion.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an animal shoe according to an embodiment of the invention related to the present invention in a state where the animal foot is put on an animal foot. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the animal shoe according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a side view of the animal shoe according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a side view of a correction member employed in the animal shoe according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a side view of a correction member according to another embodiment of the related invention. FIG. 6 is a side view of a correction member according to still another embodiment of the related invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the animal shoe according to the embodiment of the present invention in a state where the animal foot is put on the animal foot. Fig.8 (a) is a side view of the correction member employ | adopted as the animal shoe which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (b) is a front view.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
Hereinafter, the animal shoes 1a and 1b according to the related invention and the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The animal shoe 1b according to the embodiment of the present invention corresponds to the claims.
First, an animal shoe 1a according to an embodiment of the related invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the animal shoe 1 a according to the embodiment of the related invention is applied to an animal having a knuckle obstruction, and is normal while protecting the animal foot. It is for maintaining a proper foot posture. The animal shoe 1a is a bag 3 formed in a bag shape so as to be wrapped from the tip of the foot, and the foot 3 which is attached to the bag 3 and has a knuckle obstruction is corrected to a normal foot posture. Straightening member 4a.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, if the bag body 3 is, for example, a dog's forefoot, the bag body 3 is formed in a size that encloses a range from the tip of the foot to the front of the carpal ball. The bag 3 is configured by sewing a material having good waterproofness and air permeability, for example, a material such as nylon or polyester. In addition, in the bag body 3, a mesh process is applied to one of the materials in order to improve air permeability at a portion where the materials are doubled. In this embodiment, the mesh processing is given to the raw material located in the front surface when the bag 3 is put on the foot of the bag 3. In addition, a sheet-like heat insulating member 12 made of foamed rubber or the like is sewn on the bag body 3 in the range from the portion that contacts the ground to the tip portion on the outer surface. The surface of the heat insulating member 12 that comes into contact with the ground may be processed into an uneven shape (embossed) as a slip stopper.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the correction member 4 a includes a back surface portion 7 provided along the back surface of the foot in a normal posture and a rear surface portion 8 provided along the rear surface of the foot in a normal posture. Are formed in a substantially letter-like shape in a side view including a connecting portion 9 connected to the rear surface portion 8 from the back surface portion 7. Specifically, for example, if the correction member 4a is a dog's front foot, the back surface portion 7 can be disposed in the range from the finger meat ball to the palm meat ball on the back surface of the front foot, and the connection portion 9 is disposed at the phalangeal joint portion of the front foot. In addition, the rear surface portion 8 is formed so that it can be disposed along the metacarpal region on the rear surface of the forefoot and before the carpal ball. The back surface portion 7 is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape. The rear surface portion 8 is formed in a rectangular curved plate shape. The back surface portion 7 and the rear surface portion 8 are connected by a connection portion 9 extending in a gently curved shape. The widths of the rear surface portion 7, the rear surface portion 8, and the connection portion 9 are substantially the same. The angle α between the back surface portion 7 and the back surface portion 8 is appropriately determined according to various animals and the front and back legs. For example, when the correction member 4a is made to correspond to the dog's front foot, the angle α between the back surface portion 7 and the rear surface portion 8 is appropriately determined so that the phalangeal joint of the front foot can maintain a normal angle. .

  The back surface portion 7 and the rear surface portion 8 have substantially the same thickness, and the connection portion 9 is formed thicker than the back surface portion 7 and the rear surface portion 8. The connecting portion 9 is formed thick so that the outer surface bulges out. Due to the rigidity of the connecting portion 9, the rear surface portion 7 and the rear surface portion 8 are easily bent in the direction in which they are close to each other, while the rear surface portion 8 is difficult to bend and deform in the direction in which they are separated. Further, it is easy to bend and deform on the front side around the connecting portion 9 and hardly bend and deform on the rear side. The correction member 4a is integrally formed of a thermoplastic resin, rubber, resin foam, or gel that is soft and excellent in elasticity.

  The correction member 4a is formed of, for example, a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). The thermoplastic elastomer is a polymer material that is plasticized at a high temperature and can be processed like a plastic, and exhibits the properties of a rubber elastic body at room temperature. The straightening member 4a is a thermoplastic elastomer, and it is particularly preferable to employ a diene type or a urethane type. Particularly preferred are polyether polyurethane elastomers or polyester polyurethane elastomers. Further, as the material of the correction member 4a, natural rubber, synthetic natural rubber, butadiene rubber, chloroprene rubber, urethane rubber, silicone rubber, ethylene / vinyl acetate rubber, or the like may be employed.

  The connecting member 9 of the correcting member 4a is so bent that it is easy to bend in the direction in which the back surface portion 7 and the rear surface portion 8 are close to each other, and is so rigid that it is difficult to bend and deform in the direction away from it. The material 4a (elastic modulus), the thickness of the back surface portion 7 and the back surface portion 8, the maximum thickness of the connection portion 9, and the width of the correction member 4a are appropriately determined. The correction member 4a is attached to the outer surface of the bag body 3 with an adhesive or the like in a range from the rear surface to the lower surface when the bag body 3 is put on the foot. The correction member 4 a may be attached to the inner surface of the bag body 3. Further, as another embodiment in which the correction member 4a is mounted on the bag body 3, on the rear surface of the bag body 3 when the bag body 3 is put on the foot, on the inner side of each belt member 16, 16 described below, A pocket (not shown) is formed in the pocket, and the back surface portion 8 of the correction member 4a is inserted into the pocket, and the back surface portion 7 of the correction member 4a is locked to the bottom surface of the bag body 3 such as a hook-and-loop fastener. You may employ | adopt the form latched by. In the present embodiment, the bag body 3 and the correction member 4a are configured to be detachable.

  In addition, in the correction member 4a according to another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the size of the back surface portion 7 is set to a size that covers the entire range or a part of the palm meatball in the case of a dog's forefoot, for example. Try to form.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, as the correction member 4a according to another embodiment, the correction member 4a is integrally formed of the above-described material with the thickness of the back surface portion 7, the rear surface portion 8 and the connection portion 9 being the same. Then, a reinforcing plate 17 made of, for example, polypropylene or the like, which is harder and has a higher elastic modulus than the material of the correction member 4a main body, may be adhered to a part of the outer surface of the connection portion 9. In the case of this embodiment, it is better to bond a part of the reinforcing plate 17 and the outer surface of the connecting portion 9 so that the back surface portion 7 and the rear surface portion 8 are easily bent in the direction approaching.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a belt-like belt member 16 is formed on the outer surface of the bag body 3 on the rear surface when the bag body 3 is put on the foot (the surface on which the rear surface portion 8 of the correction member 4 a is attached). One end side is sewn. Note that one end side of the belt member 16 is sewn to the outer surface of the bag body 3 so that the rear surface portion 8 of the correction member 4a is sandwiched between the one end side of the belt member 16 and the outer surface of the bag body 3. Yes. One end of the belt member 16 is attached with a ring-shaped metal fitting 17 for inserting and folding back the other end of the belt member 16. The other end of the belt member 16 is locked at an appropriate place on the surface of the belt member 16. A hook-and-loop fastener is employed as the locking means.

  In the present embodiment, two belt members 16, 16 are mounted on the outer surface of the bag body 3 at intervals. One belt member 16 of the two belt members 16, 16 has one end side sewn to the bag body 3 and the other end extended so as to turn around the bag body 3 in one direction, The other belt member 16 has one end side sewn to the bag body 3 and the other end extended so as to turn around the bag body 3 in the other direction. Then, after putting the animal shoe 1a on the foot, the other end of each belt member 16 is extended so as to turn around the bag body 3, and is inserted into the ring-shaped metal fitting 17 and folded, and the other end is faced. The fastener is locked at an appropriate place on the surface of each belt member 16 from the fastener. As a result, each belt member 16 can be restrained by fitting the rear surface portion 8 of the correction member 4a to the rear surface of the foot.

  When the animal shoe 1a according to the embodiment of the related invention described above is put on, for example, a dog's front foot having a knuckle obstacle, the back surface portion 7, the rear surface portion 8 and the connection portion 9 of the correction member 4a. The angle of the phalangeal joint of the forefoot can be maintained in a normal state, and the posture of the forefoot can be maintained normally. Furthermore, in the animal shoe 1a according to the embodiment of the related invention, the correction member 4a is elastically deformable, and is easily bent in the direction in which the back surface portion 7 and the rear surface portion 8 are close due to the rigidity of the connection portion 9. On the other hand, since it is difficult to bend and deform in the away direction, the rear surface portion 8 can follow the movement of the foot during walking, and even if the animal shoe 1a is equipped with the correction member 4a, normal walking is possible. The operation can be maintained.

  Further, in the animal shoe 1a according to the embodiment of the related invention, the correction member 4a is integrally formed of a soft and elastic thermoplastic resin, rubber, resin foam or gel. Uncomfortable feeling due to wearing can be suppressed, and furthermore, since the rear surface portion 8 of the correction member 4a is provided with the belt member 16 for restraining to the foot, it is possible to walk comfortably with normal walking motion. .

Next, an animal shoe 1b according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. When the animal shoe 1b according to the embodiment of the present invention is described, only differences from the animal shoe 1a according to the embodiment of the related invention will be described.
As shown in FIG. 7, the bag body 3 has pockets 19, 19 that open downward on the inner sides of the belt members 16, 16 at positions on both sides when the bag body 3 is put on the foot. It is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the correction member 4 b is provided along the back surface portion 7 provided along the back surface of the foot in a normal posture, and connected to the back surface portion 7 along both side surfaces of the foot in a normal posture. It is comprised from a pair of side part 20. Each side part 20 is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape. Each side part 20 is formed in a size that can be inserted into the pocket 19 of the bag 3. The side surface portion 20 of the correction member 4b is detachably attached to the pocket 19 of the bag body 3. The angle α between the back surface portion 7 and each side surface portion 20 is appropriately determined in accordance with various animals and front and rear legs. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, a pair of side surface portions 20 is provided along both side surfaces of the foot. However, only one side surface portion 20 may be provided along only one side surface of the foot.

  In the animal shoe 1b according to the present embodiment, first, the bag body 3 of the animal shoe 1b is put on, for example, a dog's forefoot to normalize the phalangeal joint angle of the forefoot, and then the correction member. While inserting each side surface part 20 of 4b into each pocket 19 of the bag body 3, the back surface part 7 of the correction member 4b is locked to the bottom surface of the bag body 3 by a locking means such as a hook-and-loop fastener.

  Thereby, also in the animal shoe 1b which concerns on this embodiment, there can exist the same effect as the animal shoe 1a which concerns on embodiment of related invention, Furthermore, the correction member 4b and the bag body 3 are detachable. Since it is configured, the animal shoe 1b according to the present embodiment can be easily put on an animal foot.

  The above-described related invention and the animal shoes 1a, 1b according to the embodiments of the present invention can be applied to the front legs and rear legs of animals walking on four legs, such as dogs and cats, especially for animals having a knuckle ring obstacle. It is applied to this.

1b Animal shoes, 3 bags, 4b Correction member, 7 Back side, 20 Sides

Claims (1)

An animal shoe that protects the leg of an animal walking on four legs,
The animal shoe includes a bag formed in a bag shape so as to be wrapped from the tip of the foot;
A member attached to the bag for correcting the posture of a normal foot, which is connected to the back surface portion provided along the back surface of the foot in a normal posture and the normal posture. An elastically deformable correction member having at least a side surface provided along one or both side surfaces;
An animal shoe comprising:

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