Patent ID: 6672395
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A01L

Abstract:
An appliance for an equine hoof comprising;a pad member having the general shape of the footprint of a horse's hoof and defining a curved toe portion and a substantially flat rear edge portion and having, lateral side edges, an upper hoof-contacting surface, and a bottom horseshoe-mounting surface means for application of a horseshoe having a pair of heels, a bilaterally centered nodule downwardly projecting from the bottom horseshoe-mounting surface of the pad, said nodule having a ground contacting surface, arch shaped sides with a forward apex, a diametrically disposed integral base and a narrowed waist portion to accommodate the heels of a horseshoe, the waist portion disposed intermediate the arch shaped sides and the base and where the nodule base overlies the flat rear edge portion of the pad.