Improvements in or relating to Shoes for Horses and other similar Animals.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 10th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Shoes for Horses and other similar
Animals.
We, JOHN MARSHALL HALSON of 4 Hazel Grove, Park Road, Foreman
Smith, and DAVID ADAMSON of 91 Bradshawgate, Veterinary Surgeon, both of
Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention consists in improvements in or relating to shoes for horses and
other similar animals and has for its object that of preventing slipping and
producing a firmer grip. This we effect by making the upper surface flat to fit
the animals feet: being secured thereto by nails in the usual manner. The front
and end portious of the shoes are provided with tapered or inverted chambers in
which are disposed pads of india-rubber or its equivalent that will prevent slipping
and give a perfect grip on the roadway. If desired the spaces between the front
and end portions may be supplied or fitted with india-rubber or other suitable pads
after the shoes have been secured to the animals feet.
Dated the 11th day of April 1895.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.
Improvements in or relating to Shoes for Horses and other similar
Animals.
We, JOHN MARSHALL HALSON of 4 Hazel Grove, Park Road, Foreman
Smith, and DAVID ADAMSON of 91 Bradshawgate, Veterinary Surgeon, both of
Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists in improvements in or relating to shoes for horses and
other similar animals and has for its object that of preventing slipping and
producing a firmer grip. This we effect by making the upper surface flat to fit
The front
the animals feet; being secured thereto by nails in the usual manner.
and end portions of the shoes are provided with tapered or inverted chambers in
which are disposed pads of india-rubber or its equivalent that will prevent slipping
and give a perfect grip on the roadway. If desired the spaces between the front
and end portions may be supplied or fitted with india-rubber or other suitable pads
after the shoes have been secured to the animals feet.

page_text: C is the shoe for horses and other similar animals, and D are the nails for
securing the same in position in the usual manner. The front and end portions of
the shoe Care provided with the tapered or inverted chambers E in which are
disposed, the pads G composed of india-rubber or its equivalent that will prevent
slipping to give a perfect grip on the roadway. The pads G are pressed into the
chambers E by any suitable instrument or tool. If desired the spaces H between
the front and end portions may he supplied or fitted with india-rubber or other
suitable pads after the shoes have been secured to the animals feet.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is —
In combination with shoes for borses and other similar animals the use of tapered
or inverted chambers E and the pads G, the latter being composed of india-rubber
or its equivalent for the purpose specified, substantially as described and illustrated
on the drawings.
Dated the 8th January 1896.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.