Improvements in Horse Shoe Pads.
Year: 1897

page_text: TRUVIDIONAL DITUTIVATION.
Improvements in Horse Shoe Pads.
I, CHARLES SHEATHER, Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons,
of 50A, York Terrace, Regent's Park, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The pad forming the subject of this invention is in the form of an elastic inverted
arch projecting below the shoe and springing from the front and rear of the foot.
Preferably the pad is of vulcanised india rubber or the like and is made in one
piece as is usual with a horse shoe shaped plate fixed between the hoof and the
ordinary iron shoe.
The front of the arch springs from the rear edge of the front of this plate whilst
its rear end is attached to an elastic boss or bar connecting the ends of the plate.
The upper or hoof face of the boss has a longitudinal groove in it.
The sides of the plate preferably extend inwards beyond the iron shoe and are
strengthened by ribs projecting from the underside. These ribs also prevent the
wedging of stones of considerable size between the edge of the arch and the inner
edge of the metal shoe.
In some cases the boss may extend completely across the foot the rear ends of
the iron shoe being cut away to allow of this.
I, CHARLES SHEATHER, Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons,
of 50A, York Terrace, Regent's Park, in the County of Middlesex, 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: -
The pad forming the subject of this invention is in the form of an elastic inverted
arch projecting below the shoe and springing from the front and rear of the foot.
Figure 1 is an underside view, and Figures 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 2-2,
and 3-3, Figure 1. Figure 4 is an underside view of a modification.
Preferably the pad is of vulcanised india rubber or the like and is made in one
piece as is usual with a horse shoe shaped plate a fixed between the hoof and the
ordinary iron shoe.
The front of the arch springs from the rear edge of the front of this plate a

page_text: whilst its rear end is attached to an elastic boss or bare connecting the ends of the
plate. The upper or hoof face of the boss has a longitudinal groove d in it.
The sides of the plate preferably extend inwards beyond the iron shoe and are
strengthened by ribs a projecting from the underside. These ribs also prevent the
wedging of stones of considerable size between the edge of the arch and the inner
edge of the metal shou.
In some cases the boss c may extend completely across the foot as shown in
Figure 4 the rear ends of the iron shoe being cut away to allow of this.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A horse shoe pad in the form of an elastic inverted arch projecting below the
shoe and springing from the front and rear of the foot.
2. The combination of a horse shoe shaped plate, a boss connecting its rear ends,
and an elastic arch springing from the boss and from the inner edge of the front of
the plate.
3. Horse shoe pads substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
CHARLES SHEATHER.