Title: Composition horseshoe

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(1) A polyurethane working horseshoe in slipper form comprising: a sole, front, side and rear walls;

(2) said front wall inclined rearwardly to conform with the inclination of a hoof front wall;

(3) said side walls inclined upwardly and inwardly from the junction with the sole to conform with the slope of the hoof side walls;

(4) and said rear wall consisting of rearwardly inclined material extending from the junction with the sole to conform with the slope of the hoof rear wall below the bulbs and extending in height to a point proximate to and not in contact with the soft bulbs;

(5) the front wall of the horseshoe covering a substantial area of the front wall of the hoof and extending upward from the junction with the sole a distance of not less than one-fourth the distance from the toe of the coronary band short of contact with the coronary band;

(6) the upper edges of the sidewalls incline on approximately a crosswise plane from the point of juncture with the top of the shoe front wall to the point of juncture with the top of the shoe rear wall;

(7) at least one reinforcing integral protuberance on the outside portion of each sidewall of the shoe adapted to cooperate with a self-tapping screw passing at substantially a right angle there-through for detachably affixing the shoe to the hoof by penetration into the hoof wall a distance less than the thickness of the hoof wall;

(8) a flexible self-setting polyurethane foaming mix poured into the shoe at the time of installation on a horse's hoof thereby sealing the shoe around and to the hoof against the entry of debris and forming a mechanical coupling between the sole of the shoe and the irregular sole including the frog of the hoof, said foaming mix when set having mechanical properties similar to those of the frog to obtain optimum coupling.

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Inventors: Glass, Neel W. (Cuyamungue, NM, US)

Application Number: 861276
Filing Date: 1978-01-20
Publication_date: 1980-02-19
Assignee: Les-Kare Inc. (Cuyamungue, NM)
Primary Class(es): 168/4 168/18, 168/DIG1
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1212266	Jan, 1917	Schrader et al.	168/DIG.
2041538	May, 1936	Gash et al.	168/4.
3486561	Dec, 1969	Kulak	168/DIG.
3494422	Feb, 1970	Clark	168/DIG.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Chamblee, Hugh R.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Heyman; Henry