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G..P. OOOLIDGE. QUARTER BOOT FOR HORSES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. OOOLIDGE, 0E ANTWERP, NEW YORK.

QUARTER-BOOTZ'FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of'Letters Patent No. 367,271, dated July 26, 1887.

' Application filed April 23, 1887. Serial No. 235,905. (No model.)

. T0 or whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ,P. COOLIDGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Antwerp, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Quarter-Boots; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as,

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawi ugs, and to letters or figures of-reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification..

Figure l of the drawings is a representation 11 this invention, and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the lower piece.

The invention relates to improvements in quarter-boots fol-horses; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter set forth, and illustrated in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the fetlock, and a the hoof, of one leg ofa horse, the shoe being designated by B.

C is the quarter-boot, composed of the upper section, D, and the lower'section, E, which sections are connected at their rear central parts by the vertical straps F, long enough to allow one section to play on the other a slight distance. The said sections are wider at their rear portions, which are free of each other.

The upper section, D,is attached over the hoof by a perforated strap, d, and a strap, d, having a buckle, d the tongue of which engages the perforations in the strap d. The section E is similarly attached over the hoof below the section D by the perforation-strap e, the buckle-straps e, and the'buckle e on the end thereof, the two sectionsbeing freev of each other, so that they can adjust themselves on the hoof independently,

G is a metal plate inserted between the lower M section, E, at the lower edge of the same, and the strip H, which plate is curved inwardly to cause the corresponding part of the section E to fit into the vertical hollow in the rear side of the foot, of the horse.v

The section E, slip H, and intermediate plate, G, are secured together by the copper rivets I, which will not strike fire with the pending, and the section E buckles similarly over the hoof and has the upper edge of its rear portion overlaid by the lower edge of the section G, the lower edge of the section E being then adjacent to the calks of the shoe or nearthe ground, and the boot, while fitting snugly, adapts itself to the foot either when raised or lowered, the plate and adjacent part of the section E lying in the rear hollow of the foot and keeping the boot from rotating on the hoof or slipping laterally thereon.

The boot as described is simple of construction and effective in use.

I am aware that a quarterboot has been constructed of two sections flexibly connected, one section constructed to protect the heel and the other the pastern-joint, arranged to overlap the upper edgeof the lower section and havea vertical adjustment independent of the lower section, and do not claim, broadly, such a construction.

Having described) my invention, I claim- The herein-described quarterboot, consisting of the upper section, D, provided with the straps d d and buckle d", the lower section, E, provided with the straps e e and buckle e, the short vertical strap F, the bent metal plate G, the strap H, and the copper rivets I, securing the section E, plate G, and strap H together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

eEoEeE P. COOLIDGE.

Witnesses:

RANSLAER WILLIAMs, W. N. J OHNSON.

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