Patent ID: 9179661
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A01L

Abstract:
1. A horseshoe that when in use is capable of accommodating splaying of a horse hoof, said horseshoe comprising a generally U shaped monolithic single piece solid metal body including a heel-region and including left and right branches having metallic undersurfaces lying on a common bottom plane of the horseshoe, and a central toe area, said central toe area including a crescent shaped spring element that includes a convex outer edge and a concave inner edge, said spring element having resilience in a vertically upward direction that is perpendicular to said common bottom plane, said convex outer edge being substantially in said common bottom plane, said concave inner edge in use projecting below said common bottom plane by a projection-portion having a chosen design dimension, which upon the horseshoe in use impacting ground, gets resiliently pushed vertically upwards to deliberately and mechanically cause and allow said left and right branches of the horseshoe to splay, whereby, when said central toe area is not impacting the ground, said left and right branches of the horseshoe tend to be repetitively and resiliently restored to their original positions without splaying, said metal horseshoe additionally including stabilizer means comprising at least two parallel rows of bead-like metal projections integrally formed on each of said left and right branches on a bottom surface of the horseshoe to provide stability and additional road grip while the horseshoe is in use on a race track.