US1101689A - Antislipping attachment for horseshoes. - Google Patents

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L. FUCHS.

ANTISLIPPING ATTACHMENT FOR HORSESHOES.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.17, 1912.

Patented June 30, 1914.

ATTORN EY llTD STATES PATENT FFTQEQ LOUIS FUCHS, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

ANTISLIPPING ATTACHMENT FOR HORSESI-IOES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LoUIs FUoHs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Antislipping Attachment for Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in over-shoes for horses, mules, and other draft animals, and has for its object to provide a simple and cheap attachment which can be easily and firmly secured to the hoof of an animal, and which will not only provide ieans to insure the animal securing a firm foothold on slippery surfaces, but will at the same time protect the hoof from injury, the overshoe being so constructed that it cannot slip off or become detached.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved overshoe showing the same mounted on a horse shoe. taken on. the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the overshoe. Fig. t is a perspective view of the body of the overshoe with the pad and attaching means removed.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention, 5 designates the body of the overshoe which is preferably made of a single solid piece of malleable iron or other suitable material.

receive the heads of the nails employed to secure the horse shoe in place, whereby the horse shoe will rest fiat upon the inner or upper surface of the base plate. The forward or toe ends of the grooves 7 terminate in a straight, transverse slot 8 through which the toe calk of the horse shoe is designed to project. The front or toe end of the base plate 6 is extended upwardly and inclined slightly outwardly to form a toe guard 9. The toe guard is of a slightly curved contour, with its highest point at the center of the toe portion, from which the opposite sides of the guard are gradually sloped downwardly until they merge with the outer edge of the upper face of the base plate. As best seen in Figs. 1 and 2, that portion of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 17, 1912.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view The base plate 6 of the body portion is shaped to conform to the contour and is of sufficient size to receive the shoe of the animal, and it is provided with a flatinner surface and is formed at each side near its outer edges with a groove 7 designed to Patented June 30, 1914.

Serial No. 726,387.

the base plate beneath the shoe terminates at a point just in front of the heel calks of the shoe of the animal, and an extension of the base plate is bent up between the shoe so as to substantially fill the space between the heel ends of the shoe, said extension constituting a heel guard 10. The heel guard, as will be noted, is inclined slightly outwardl or rearwardly, and in a direction opposite to that in which the toe guard 9 is inclined. To the inner side of the heel guard 10 is secured by rivets, or other suitable securing means 11, a strap 12 having a suitable buckle at one end. The strap has wrapped around it and secured to the heel guard by the same fastening means 11, a piece of lambs or sheeps skin with the fleece or wool facing outwardly forming a cushion or pad 13, which covers the inner side of the heel guard. The strap is mounted in place so as to cause the buckle to be positioned at the outer side of the hoof. The free end of the strap is designed to be passed through an upstanding loop 14, which is mounted on the toe guard and is formed by bending a short strip of leather back on itself at its center and then securing the free ends, one at each side of'the toe guard, by means of a rivet or other suitable fastening means 15. The free end of the strap 12 after being passed through the loop 14 is engaged with the buckle and can be drawn as tightly as necessary, the downwardly sloping sides of the hoof insuring that the strap will retain its position and hold the overshoe firmly in place. The bottom or lower face of the base plate 6 is provided with several rows of straight transverse, equidistant, ribs or projections 16, which are triangular or Ashaped in cross section with the apeXes relatively sharp to serve as cutting edges. The trans verse projections 16 are divided into a plurality of elongated calks 17 by V-shaped notches 18, which cut through the ribs to the bottom of the base plate. The downwardlyflared V-shaped notches which are formed by beveling the adjacent ends of the ribs from the lower face of the base plate to the apeXes of the said ribs, are in alinement longitudinally of the overshoe.

From the foregoing description it will be evident that I have produced an eficient overshoe or ice shoe, which by reason of the pad 13 on the heel guard 10 can be fitted closely on the hoof of the animal. Furthermore, with the heel guard filling substantially the entire space at the heel of the shoe, and the bottom of the hoof entirely closed by the base plate, every part of the animals hoof which might be injured by ice, sharp stones, glass, etc., will be fully protected.

The A-shaped ribs or projections 16 formed on the bottom of the base plate with the longitudinally arranged V-shaped notches 18 separating them into independent calks 17, are a great advantage, as the animal is insured a firm foothold at all times, by reason of the fact that any snow or ice that might find lodgment in the spaces between the transverse ribs 16 will be subdivided and broken up by material which will pack into the longitudina-lly-disposed V-shaped notches 18, thus rendering the calks self-cleaning.

hat is claimed is 1. In an overshoe of the class described, a base plate adapted to conform to and receive the shoe of an animal, said base plate having its front end bent up to form a toe guard, an upstanding loop secured to said toe guard, a heel guard formed at the rear end of said base plate, said heel guard extending up and substantially filling the space between the heel ends of the shoe of the animal, a strap secure-d intermediate its ends to said heel guard and having abuckle at one end thereof, the free end of said strap being adapted to be passed through the loop carried by said toe guard and to engage said buckle, and a pad secured to the inner side of said heel guard over said strap.

2. In a device of the class described, the base plate formed of a single solid piece of metal of a size and shape to cover the entire bottom of the hoof of an animal, the inner or upper face of the plate being grooved along the sides to receive the heads of the nails of the horse shoe, said plate extending over the horse shoe and being substantially flush with the sides thereof and terminating at its rear end short of the heel calks, a heel guard formed at the rear end of the plate by a rigid upward extension thereof, which extension is of a length to fill the space between the rear or heel ends of the shoe, and the front end of the plate being formed with a transverse slot through which the front call: of the shoe is adapted to extend, and means for securing the base plate to the hoof of an animal.

'3. In a device of the class described, the base plate formed of a single solid piece of metal of a size and shape to cover the entire bottom of the hoof of an animal, the outer face being provided with sharpened calks for engaging the ground, and the inner face being shaped to fit flat against the shoe of the animal and being substantially coextensive in size and shape with said shoe, provision being made in the construction of the plate to allow the front and rear calks of the shoe to project beyond the base plate, a stra adapted to encircle the hoof of the animal, means for connecting the front portion of the strap to the front end of the base plate, and separate means for connecting the rear portion of the strap to the rear end of the base plate, and a pad of soft material also secured to the rear end of the base plate and covering the rear portion of the strap.

4. In a device of the class described, a base plate adapted to receive the shoe of an animal, said. base plate terminating short of the heel ends of said shoe to allow the heel calks to engage the ground, an upwardly eX tending heel guard formed as an extension of said base plate, said heel guard substantially filling the space between the rear ends of the shoe, pad secured to the inner side of said heel guard, and a strap for securing the base plate to the hoof of an animal, said strap being secured at itsrea-r end to the heel guard by the same fastening means which connect the pad to said guard.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto a liiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Louis FUCHS.

Witnesses J OHN H. Sroonas, IVILLIAM ALVIN J ACOBS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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