Patent ID: 6581693
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A01L

Abstract:
A horseshoe nail comprising a head, a shank having a point, the shank including front and rear faces and side walls connected to the front and rear faces at pairs of front and rear corners wherein the side walls are narrower than the front and rear faces, characterized in that the shank comprises an upper shank portion adjacent the head, a lower shank portion at an end of the shank distal from the head and a middle shank portion between the upper shank portion and the lower shank portion, wherein the corners of the middle shank portion define arcuate transitions from the front and rear faces to the side walls, the transitions extending along the entire length of the middle shank portion, and the front and rear faces comprise planar surfaces along the length of the upper and middle shank portions, the upper shank portion comprising a rectangular cross-section defined by sharply angled corners along the entire length of the upper shank portion whereby a full rectangularly dimensioned area of the nail is provided from the head of the nail to a point of engagement with a hoof to resist shear forces applied perpendicular to the length of the nail.