Artificial horse leg stand

Abstract

An artificial horse leg stand includes a planar base, outer and inner tubular members providing height adjustment with an angled bracket at an upper end of the inner member. The bracket has a mounting feature located adjacent the distal end for attachment of a rotating trunion and a lower shock mount at the proximate end. The trunion has cylindrical positioning features extending outwardly from first and second sides. An attachment fixtures is located orthogonally to a horizontal axis of the trunion. The trunion has an upper shock mount spaced from the attachment fixture. The trunion is rotatably attached by the cylindrical positioning features to the mounting feature. Dual-acting gas shock absorbers are rotatably attached to the upper and lower shock mounts. A securing fixture is attached to the attachment fixture at the first end and has a mounting feature at the second end for attachment to an artificial horse leg.

Description

RELATED APPLICATION[0001]The instant application claims priority from U.S. PCT Application Serial Number PCT / US13 / 36443 filed Apr. 12, 2013 and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 706,593 filed Sep. 27, 2012.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to the field of training systems, and more specifically to an artificial leg stand for use with a training system for teaching farriers to make and attach horseshoes to the hooves of horses.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The horse's hoof is composed of five major regions: the wall, the sole, the frog, the periople and the white line. The hoof grows as a result of cell division in the outer horn-producing cell layer of the sensitive structures of the hoof, namely the perioplic ring, the coronary band and the sensitive laminae. This process may be affected by many factors such as diet, stresses, injuries and diseases. In such cases, a distorted hoof is often produced. The hoof wall is of primary concern. It bears most of the ho...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention is a farrier training system that addresses all of the deficiencies of prior art inventions. It includes an artificial horse leg stand system with a planar base, an outer tubular member, an inner tubular member, an angle bracket, a rotating trunion, and a securing fixture. The system also includes at least one lower shock mount, a dual-acting gas shock absorber, and a rotation locking mechanism. The invention provides a more stable and secure training system for farriers.

Problems solved by technology

As horses tend to weigh 1000 lbs. or more and may have difficult personalities, the attachment of a horseshoe to the hoof of a horse without injury to the horse or the farrier is a task requiring considerable skill.

Further complicating the work is the fact that the hoof must usually be trimmed to mate properly with the horseshoe and the shoe is typically attached with nails.

If the nails are driven too deeply into the hoof, delicate capillaries may be injured and bleeding, discomfort and even infection may result.

Recent legislation has severely limited such practices.

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