Improvements in Overboots for Horses.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 30th Apr.,
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Overboots for Horses.
We, WILLIAM CAIN, of 44, North Street West, Veterinary Surgeon, and
FREDERICK LEWIS HALL, of 20, Foster Street West, Chemist and Druggist, both
of Perth, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, 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 relates to boots for horses; and it has for its object to provide a
simple and improved boot of this class which will effectively hold and retain oil or
water and which will be especially adapted for convenient application and use in the
treatment of diseases of horses' feet and ankles.
The ordinary horse-boots constructed of leather or the like are not adapted to
hold liquid or medicaments in the treatment of diseases of horses' feet and our
invention is designed to provide a simple and effective device for accomplishing this
purpose.
In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved horse-boot. Fig. 2
is a similar view showing the bottom. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view.
Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal sectional view taken on the line 11, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a
detail vertical sectional view showing the boot arranged for use in conjunction with
calked shoes.
Referring to the drawings, A designates the boot, which comprises a bottom'
foot, and ankle portion a and a top or leg portion a¹. The boot is preferably formed
in its entirety of an indurated fibrous composition. The boot may be seamless and
molded in a single piece, or it may be seamed, as desired. We prefer to mold the
boot in a single niece, without seams, of any suitable fibrous composition indurated
and adapted to contain oil, water, or other liquid medicaments. In like manner
the boot may be molded of aluminum or any other suitable or adapted material,
such as rubber, papier mache or the like.
The bottom portion a of the boot conforms in contour and shape to the hoof and
ankle of the animal, while the top portion is of ordinary cylindrical shape to con-
form to the leg below the knee.
The boot is molded with a bottom b and is provided with a flat sole of suitable
thickness inside and outside, as shown at sl and s, respectively. At the top of the
leg portion a suitable devices are provided for securely attaching the boot to
the horse's leg. These devices are preferably straps, comprising two vertically
projecting straps d d, at opposite sides, secured to the top edge of the leg portion a¹,
and carrying a horizontally-arranged circular strap d, adapted to embrace the
horse's leg.
Interiorly the boot corresponds to the shape and contour of the hoof and ankle,
and by reason of its improved construction and general arrangement it is adapted
to hold and contain oil, warm water, or other liquid medicament and retain the
same in direct contact with the affected parts, while the boot is secured in position,
in the treatment of sore or contracted feet, sore ankles, scratches, and other diseases
and ailments or horses' feet and ankles. The lotion or medicament is poured into

page_text: the boot up to the plane of the ankle, and it is effectually retained by the boot for
any desired length of time and when the boot is molded of an indurated fibrous
composition the medicament will work well into the structure.
The application of a medicament by having the same contained in a boot vessel
while secured upon the horse's foot is the most effective manner of treating ailments
of the feet and ankles, and our improved boot is designed by reason of its improved
construction and general arrangement to provide a simple, durable and convenient
device for this purpose which cannot be thrown off by the horse.
The boot is pulled on over the shod foot of the horse, and in case of a flat shoo
the insole s will obviate any damage to the boot structure. For use in conjunction
with shoes having sharp calks we provide a removable sole c, preferably formed of
leather and adapted to be set in the boot to prevent cutting of the insole portion st
by the calks.
Our improved boot is adapted for effectively poulticing the ankle and foot of a
horse with but little labor and great convenience and in a more effective manner than
by rubbing the medicament upon the foot, as heretofore usually done.
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:-
1. An improved horse-boot for containing a liquid medicament, comprising the
boot proper molded or formed of an indurated fibrous composition as leather, rubber,
papier-mache, aluminum, or other adapted material and embodying the bottom
portion conforming approximately in contour or shape to the foot and the ankle of
the animal and the extended top portion conforming to the leg of the animal, said
conforming bottom portion and extended top portion being both seamless, the boot
being provided with devices for securing it in position and with the flat inside and
outside soles at the bottom, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. An improved horse-boot for containing a liquid medicament, comprising the
boot proper molded or formed of an indurated fibrous composition as leather, rubber,,
papier-mache, aluminum, or other adapted material and embodying the bottom
portion a conforming approximately in contour or shape to the foot and ankle of
the animal and the extended top portion a¹ conforming to the leg of the animal, both
said bottom portion and said extended top portion being seamless and the extended
seamless top portion being provided at the top with the vertically-projecting
straps d,d carrying the horizontally-arranged circular strap &, and the bottom
portion a having the inside and outside soles s¹ and s, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
3. An improved horse-boot for containing a liquid medicament, comprising the
boot proper molded or formed of an indurated fibrous composition as leather rubber,
papier-mache, aluminum, or other adapted material and embodying the bottom
portion approximately conforming to the foot and ankle of the animal and the
extended top portion conforming to the leg of the animal, the bottom portion being
provided with the inside and outside supplementary friction plates or soles, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4. An improved horse-boot for containing a liquid medicament, comprising a
bottom portion conforming approximately to the foot and ankle of the animal and
a top portion conforming to the leg of the animal, molded in one seamless piece of
indurated fibrous composition as leather, rubber, papier mache, aluminum, or
other adapted material and provided with the flat bottom sole or soles and with
means for securing it upon the leg of the animal, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
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5. An improved horse-boot, for containing a liquid medicament, comprising a
bottom portion conforming approximately to the foot and ankle of the animal and
an extended top leg portion, molded in its entirety in one imperforate or seamless
piece of an indurated fibrous composition as leather, rubber, papier mache,

page_text: aluminum, or other suitable material and provided with means for securing it in
position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6. As an improved article of manufacture, a horse-boot for containing a liquid
medicament and retaining the same in contact with the hoof and ankle, comprising
a bottom portion and an extended top portion respectively conforming to the hoof
and leg parts which they are adapted to surround, both the bottom and extended
top portions being imperforate or seamless and the whole being molded or formed
of an indurated fibrous composition as leather, rubber, papier mache, aluminum,
or other adapted material, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
7. As an improved article of manufacture, a horse-boot for containing a liquid
medicament and retaining the same in contact with the hoof and ankle, comprising
a bottom portion and an extended top portion respectively conforming to the hoof
and leg parts which they are adapted to surround, said bottom portion having the
flat friction plates or supplementary soles, and the imperforate extended top portion
carrying projecting top devices for securing the boot in position, both the bottom
portion and extended top portion being molded or formed in a single imperforate
piece of an indurated fibrous composition as leather, rubber, papier mache,
aluminum, or other adapted material, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 11th day of February 1898.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.