Patent ID: 7552538
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: A01L,A61D

Abstract:
1. A measuring and assessing device for use in bringing an equine hoof into correct position and balance relative to an adjoining pastern and upper limb, said device being directly applied to an equine hoof wall, parallel to a coronet band, in the manner of a template or pattern, said device comprising: (a) a flexible, malleable, and resilient material more or less ovate in shape being continuous and rounded at one end and open and discontinuous at the opposite end, and having a first side and an opposing second side, an upper edge and an opposing lower edge, a medial aspect, a lateral aspect, an anterior aspect which is the continuous, rounded end, and a posterior aspect which is the opposing open end; (b) a set of markings and measurement indices which are indelibly inscribed on the anterior, medial, lateral, and posterior aspects of the device and which describe dimensions and locations of anatomical structures affecting the balance and alignment of said hoof, (c) an attaching system located in the area of said open ended, posterior portion of the device, which joins the terminal portions of the medial and lateral aspects of the device by which the said resilience of said flexible and resilient material may be reinforced thereby providing a means of temporarily affixing said device to the equine hoof.