An Improved Ankle Boot or Pad for Horses.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Nov., 1890
An Improved Ankle Boot or Pad for Horses.
I LIONEL BARNETT of 59 Tenby Street North Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manager (a communication to me from abroad by Dexter Curtis of Madison
Wisconsin United States of America) do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
This invention has for its object the improved construction of ankle boots or pads for
horses so as to render them easy to put on or take off and so that they cannot slip or
move to chafe the ankle.
For this purpose the shank is made of steel or other suitable metal covered with
leather or other suitable material and is shaped so as to fit close to the flat part of the
leg. The pad can be adjusted so as to fit different sized ankles. The strap which
secures the pad with the metal shank in the desired position in the leg is comparatively
wide and affords a large bearing surface and has a hook or other suitable fastening to
secure the pad to the leg so that it cannot get loose accidentally.
These boots are made right and left to fit each leg and the metal shank can be bent
out or in to fit or adjust it to the leg.
Dated this 18th dov of February 1840
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ankle Boot or Pad for Horses.
I LIONEL BARNETT of 59 Tenby Street North Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Manager (a communication to me from abroad by Dexter Curtis of Madison
Wisconsin United States of America) do hereby declare the nature of this 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 has for its object the improved construction of ankle or fetlock boots
or pads for horses so as to render them easy to put on or take off and so that they
cannot slip or move to chafe the ankle.
And in order that this invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into
practice I will proceed to describe the drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shows a perspective view of an ankle or fetlock boot or pad made in
accordance with this invention.
Figure 2 shows a section taken through the line 1-1 with the strap and hook when
fastened.
Figure 3 shows a separate view of the metal part of the shank.
The shank a is made of steel or other suitable metal covered with leather or other
suitable material as shown in Figure 1 and is shaped so as to fit close to the flat part
of the leg of the horse. The pad A can be adjusted so as to fit different sized ankles.
The strap which secures the pad A with the metal shank a in the desired position on
the leg is comparatively wide and affords a large bearing surface and has a hook 6' or
other suitable fastening to secure the pad A to the leg of the horse so that it cannot get
loose accidentally.
These boots are made right and left to fit each leg and the metal shank a can be bent
out or in to fit or adjust it to the leg of the horse.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved construction of ankle or fetlock boots or pads for horses formed with
a steel or other metal shank a substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein-
before described and represented in the drawing hereunto annexed.
Dated this 15th day of October 184n
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.