An easily attachable and detachable equine shoe that is made up of a solid member with fabric straps extending from at least two sides that can be secured to an equine hoof. The straps may be folded upward in a plane perpendicular to the top face of the solid member to attach to an equine hoof.
1. An equine shoe comprising a dual density, solid member that covers substantially the entire underside of a hoof, and having a top surface and a bottom surface and having fabric straps attached to the solid member and extending from at least two sides of the solid member, wherein the solid member has two sections being a higher density top layer of hard material of at least Shore A 90 and a lower density lower layer of less hard material with a Shore A hardness of about 45 to 65, the top layer providing support and dimensional stability to the softer lower layer, and wherein the bottom surface of the solid member is patterned.
2. The shoe of claim 1 wherein the solid member provides a rocker effect, having a front and rear, and wherein the bottom surface is generally sloped from approximately the centerline of the member toward the front and rear.
3. The shoe of claim 1 wherein the solid member provides a rocker effect, having a front and rear, and wherein the bottom surface is generally sloped toward the front and rounded at the rear, the slope being from approximately the centerline of the member.
4. The shoe of claim 1 wherein the straps are made of nylon ballistic cloth or ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fabrics and wherein the straps are incorporated into at least one section of the solid member during molding of the solid member.
5. The shoe of claim 1 wherein the solid member is made of polyurethane.
6. The shoe of claim 1 wherein the solid member has a topside and underside and the underside of the solid member is at least partially patterned by a series of ridges and grooves at least partially parallel to one another.
7. The shoe of claim 1 wherein the solid member has four sides and the straps extend from four sides of the solid member, and wherein the straps are incorporated into at least one section of the solid member during molding of the solid member, the straps configured to extend from the four sides of the solid member by laying two pieces of strap material at an angle relative to the length of one another and generally flat and parallel relative to the top surface of the solid member.
8. The shoe of claim 1 wherein the solid member has incorporated into at least one section thereof particles of lower density than that of the section the particles are incorporated into, to reduce the total weight of the solid member.
9. The shoe of claim 1 also comprising a separated rocker member adapted to be attached to the bottom surface of the solid member.
10. A method of shoeing an equine animal by placing on its hooves shoes comprising a dual density, solid member that covers substantially the entire underside of a hoof, and having a top surface and a bottom surface and having fabric straps attached to the solid member and extending from at least two sides of the solid member, wherein the solid member has two sections, being a higher density top layer of hard material of at least Shore A 90 and a lower density lower layer of less hard material of Shore A hardness of about 45 to 65, the top layer providing support and dimensional stability to the softer lower layer, and wherein the bottom surface of the solid member is patterned.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the solid member provides a rockered effect, having a front and rear and wherein the bottom surface is generally sloped toward the front and rear.
12. The method of claim 10 wherein the straps are made of nylon ballistic cloth or ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fabrics and the solid member is made of polyurethane, and wherein the straps are incorporated into at least one section of the solid member during molding of the solid member, the straps configured to extend from four sides of the solid member by laying two pieces of strap material at an angle relative to the length of one another and generally flat and parallel relative to the top surface of the solid member.
13. The method of claim 10 wherein the shoe is secured to the hoof by placing the straps alongside the hoof and leg of the animal and wrapping with casting tape.
14. The method of claim 10 wherein the shoe is secured to the hoof with nails or adhesive.
15. The method of claim 10 wherein the shoe is secured to the hoof by providing hook and loop connector halves to the straps and attaching the hook and loop connector halves together around the equine animal's hoof.
16. A dual-density equine shoe comprising a solid member that covers substantially the entire underside of a hoof, and having a top surface and a bottom surface and having fabric straps attached to the solid member and extending from at least two sides of the solid member, wherein the solid member is of higher density, being of a hard material of at least Shore A 90, the shoe further comprising a separated rocker member of lower density, being of less hard material with a Shore A hardness of about 45 to 65 and adapted to be attached to the bottom surface of the solid member, wherein the solid member provides support and dimensional stability to the softer separated rocker member, and wherein the bottom surface of the separated rocker member is patterned.
17. The shoe of claim 16 wherein the straps are made of nylon ballistic cloth or ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fabrics, and wherein the solid member has four sides and the straps extend from four sides of the solid member, and wherein the straps are incorporated into at least one section of the solid member during molding of the solid member, the straps configured to extend from the four sides of the solid member by laying two pieces of strap material at an angle relative to the length of one another and generally flat and parallel relative to the top surface of the solid member.
18. The shoe of claim 16 wherein the separated rocker member has incorporated therein particles of lower density than that of the separated rocker member, to reduce the total weight of the separated rocker member.
19. The shoe of claim 16 wherein the separated rocker member has a front, a rear, and a bottom surface, and wherein the bottom surface is generally sloped from approximately the centerline of the separated rocker member toward the front and rear.
20. The shoe of claim 16 wherein the separated rocker member has a front, a rear, and a bottom surface, and wherein the bottom surface is generally sloped toward the front and rounded at the rear, the slope being from approximately the centerline of the member.