US 12,433,254 B2
Flexible equine ice boot
Monty L. Ruetenik, Clear Lake City, TX (US)
Assigned to Monty L. Ruetenik, Clear Lake Shores, TX (US)
Filed by Monty L. Ruetenik, Clear Lake City, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/597,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/490,366, filed on Mar. 15, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0306603 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 13/007 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ice boot, said ice boot sized and shaped to fit over a leg of an animal and comprising:
a) a generally cylindrical and flexible water permeable reservoir for containing a coolant;
b) said reservoir having attachment means at a top end thereof for attaching to a separate harness;
c) a sole plate having a solid bottom and side walls circumnavigating said bottom;
d) a bottommost surface of said reservoir or a bottom side surface of said reservoir or both surfaces of said reservoir being attached to an inner surface of said sole plate;
e) a shock absorbing orthotic pad removably attached to an inner bottommost surface of said reservoir;
f) wherein said reservoir is more permeable to water at a top end than at a bottom end; and
g) wherein said reservoir comprises ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and said bottom end is coated with a resin.