US 12,324,426 B2
Equine hoof boot
David Duncan MacDonald, Koonya Tasmania (AU)
Assigned to SCOOTBOOT PTY LTD, Koonya (AU)
Filed by SCOOTBOOT PTY LTD, Koonya (AU)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/150,481.
Application 17/150,481 is a continuation of application No. 14/777,201, granted, now 10,925,273, previously published as PCT/AU2014/000249, filed on Mar. 13, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 2013900903 (AU), filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127656 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A01L 3/00 (2006.01); A01K 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01L 3/00 (2013.01) [A01K 13/007 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An equine boot comprising a shell having:
a sole for receiving a bottom of a hoof; and
an upper extending upwardly from a front and sides of the sole for enclosing a front and sides of the hoof, the upper comprising sidewalls extending upwardly from respective sides of the sole to upper edges of the sidewalls, a horizontally elongate opening being formed at least partially in a lower portion of each sidewall via which, in use, debris in the boot can escape, each opening extending between and being centrally disposed relative to a front and a rear of the boot, each opening being completely circumscribed by a continuous unitary piece of material of a respective one of the sidewalls, and each opening terminating below the upper edge of the respective sidewall,
wherein the rear of the boot comprises a dorsal portion positioned to engage an upper periphery of bulbs of the hoof to impede rotation of the boot relative to the hoof.