US1169324A - Horseshoe-pad. - Google Patents

Description

C. W. DUNNING.

HORSESHOE PAD.

APPucATloN HLED1UNE2B,1915.

l, 169,324, Patented Jan. 25,- 1916.

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CHARLES WILLIAM DUNNING, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HORSESHOE-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan, 19M.

Application led Junei28, 1915. Serial No. 38,366.

My invention relates to horse shoe pads y. capable of being secured on the hoofs of;-

horses conjointly with the metallic shoes and permanently held thereon by common means.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an anti-slipping pad especially adapted to cushion the feet against impact and jar and integrally formed of a good quality of rubber which may be conveniently and easily placed in position on the hoof between the horse shoe and the hoof.

A further object consists in the provision of means whereby sufficient suction may be created in the center of the pad beneath the frog of the foot so as to prevent the slipping thereof on wet or smooth pavements.

I am aware that Letters Patent of the United States have been granted upon devices for this same purpose, reference being had particularly to the Patent No. 503,849 to one Hallanan, dated Aug. 22, 1893, but I am not aware that a pad embodying the particularly valuable features hereinafter disclosed has ever been before used or known.

Vith reference to the drawings, in which similar characters of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views, Figure l is an elevation of my pad shown in position on the hoof in connection with the ordinary type of metallic shoe. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same with the metallic shoe partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 2 on the line 3 3. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same on the line 4 4.

The particular form of pad disclosed in the Letters Patent hereinbefore described, consists of a central cushion member to which is secured a fiat flanged member of leather, the latter member being interposd n my pad, which conforms to the shape of the foot, the entire structure is integral and formed of a yieldable grade of rubber so that al1 portions of the foot are equally protected against impact and jar. The flat fiange l is adapted to receive the metallic shoe 2, is on the upper side of the pad in direct contact vwith the hoof 3, and is substantially thicker at the heel than at the front for the purpose of providing additional resiliency at the points of greatest impact, this,

being a valuable improvement in such devices and the difference in thickness gradually increasing in the direction of the heel.

In the center of the pad beneath the frog of the foot a pocket is formed which has a Ybottom of relatively thinner cross section than the flange l, for the purpose of providing sufiicient elasticity beneath 'the sensitive portion of the foot, and also of serving to create a slight suction in the pocket when the foot is placed on the pavement. This feature, in addition to forming a cushion for the sensitive portion of the foot, also assists in rendering the pad anti-slipping in character. The walls of the pocket 4 form bead 5 which depends from the flange l when the pad is in position on the foot, and the bottom side of the bead is serrated to prevent its slipping.

rihe shoe is placed on the pad with the bottom thereof substantially lower than that of the bead 5, the heel portion being lower than the front, and the nails 6 which hold the shoe in place also serve to hold the pad firmly on the foot. rIlle bead 5 fits snugly into the horse shoe and in contact with the inner curved side thereof, thus preventing a movement of the pad on the foot in the event that the holes through which the nails are inserted should become worn or enlarged. A backing of heavy canvas 7 is suitably formed on and integral with the upper face of the fiange l and extends over the entire area of the upper portion of the pad, thus serving to hold the rubber firmly against breakage or cracking, due to eX- cessive wear, strain or conditions of they weather.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire Letters Patent for, is z* l. A pad for horse shoes integrally formed of rubber with a fiat flanged portion extending over the entire area of the foot and gradually increasing in thickness from the front to the heel, a depending bead arranged beneath the frog of the foot and fitting the inner curve of the horse shoe, and a relatively thin and'highly resilient inner flat portion forming a cushion for the frog of the foot.

2. A pad for horse shoes consisting of an ed to be interposed betweenthe foot and the horse shoe and secured to the foot, sai'd` flange being substantially thicker at the front than and tapered toward the heel and provided with a heavy canvas backing, said bead extending downwardly from said flange to a point substantially lower than the shoe and forming a pocket therewithin, and the bottom of said pocket being-relatively thinner than said flange and resilient for cushioning the sensitive portions of the foot and for preventing the slipping of the i pad, as set forth. 3. A pad for horse shoes consisting of an lntegral flange and bead reinforced by a heavy canvas backing for preventing the breaking thereof and formed of rubber, said flange ybeing of varying thickness at different points for providing additional resiliency beneath the points of greatest impact,

lsaid bead extending downwardly therefrom to a point substantially lower than the shoe land forming a pocket therewithin, and the bottom of said pocket being relatively thinner than said flange for providing a rnaXimum resiliency beneath the frog of the foot.

i CHARLES WILLIAM nonnina Witnesses: Y 'Y AN NnV HAiTENSTEIN, J; D. HASKIN.

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