Patent ID: 8230614
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: A01K,A01L,F26B

Abstract:
1. A portable hoof drying apparatus, comprising in combination: a portable raised base platform including a first inner hollow portion within a second solid raised portion, wherein the first inner hollow portion includes a plurality of air chamber dividers for directing a drying air flow, wherein the plurality of air chamber dividers comprise a compressible material, wherein the compressible material is compressible when a weight is applied but is capable of supporting weight of a heavy hoofed animal without collapsing, and wherein, a height of the second solid outer raised portion is specifically sized to allow easy step access by a hoofed animal and to allow the placement of a plurality of air mats to be placed within the second solid outer portion and over the plurality of air chamber dividers in the first hollow portion; a hollow air connector connected through a portion of the raised based platform, wherein a first end outside the raised based platform is connected to a drying air source and a second end inside the raised based platform directs a drying air into the plurality of air chambers of the first inner hollow portion and up and through a plurality of air mats stacked on top of the plurality of air chamber dividers in a pre-determined configurable ordering, wherein the drying air flow from the hollow air connector is directed into the plurality of air chamber dividers, through a plurality of different size openings in the plurality of air mats stacked in the pre-determined configurable ordering thereby drying a bottom portion, one or more side portions and a top portion of one or more hoofs of a hoofed animal and a plurality of air mats specifically sized and shaped to fit within the second solid outer portion and fully cover an area of the first inner hollow portion from a left side to right side and a top side to a bottom side, each of the plurality of air mats including a plurality of openings, wherein selected ones of the plurality of air mats include a plurality of smaller sized openings and other selected ones of the plurality of air mats including a plurality of larger sized openings, wherein directing the drying air flow through a plurality of different size openings in the plurality of air mats stacked in the pre-determined configuration ordering changes a temperature, a speed and a pressure of the drying air flow, thereby providing an additional drying air currents as drying air is forced through and between the plurality of different sized openings of the plurality of air mats, wherein an ordering of the plurality of air mats stacked in the pre-determined configuration ordering can be changed by changing positions of the plurality of air mats in the ordering within the portable raised base platform, thereby changing a flow of the drying air flow through the plurality of openings of the smaller size and the plurality of openings of a larger size, thereby changing a temperature, a speed and a pressure of the drying air flow through the portable raised base platform, wherein a selected air mat in a top position in the plurality of air mats stacked in the pre-determined configurable ordering comprises a compressible material, wherein the compressible material is compressible by the hoofed animal when weight of the hoofed animal is applied, thereby providing a surface that is comfortable for hoofed animal as the one or more hoofs are dried and particularly when one or more hoofs are sensitive or diseased.