| 摘要 |
<p>An improved horseshoe of molded composition having a tread portion shaped to cover the entire bottom of a horse's hoof and a flexible upwardly extending envelope portion shaped to conform to the walls of a horse's hoof and having a pair of triangular folds in the front portion to provide contractual flexibility, and an adjustable tensioning member being a flexible cable which is fastened at its ends to the front portion and which loops back on both sides of the horseshoe to engage sleeves secured the opposed surfaces of brackets affixed to the inside of the side walls of the horseshoe, and over-center tensioning means secured to the front part of the horseshoe for engagement with the flexible cable for snugging the shoe securely to the horse's hoof, the brackets also having inwardly downwardly slanting projecting barbs for non-slipping engagement with the side walls of the horse's hoof when the shoe is snugged on the horse's hoof.</p> |
