Abstract: A hoof pad adapted for attachment between the hoof of a horse and a horseshoe. The hoof pad is made of a leather-like composite material having a substantially continuous web portion impregnated with a binder composition. The web portion of the composite material is made of a particulate, matrix-forming material, preferably a natural or synthetic fibrous material. The binder composition binds the particulate, matrix-forming material in the web and imparts resiliency and water resistance to the composite material. Preferably, the binder composition is a natural or synthetic rubber latex. The hoof pad can be a full pad or a rim pad, and is sized to fit between a horse's hoof and a horseshoe with a peripheral portion shaped substantially the same as the arcuate portion of the horseshoe.

Abstract: An improved dimensionally stable backing web is disclosed, especially for resilient flooring product and linoleum, comprising cellulosic fiber, a binder, antioxidant, fungicide and glass fiber, as well as optionally dyes or pigments, surfactants and vulcanizing agents. Also optionally present are calcium silicate mineral fiber or synthetic fiber, such as polyolefin, polyester, nylon, acrylic or modacrylic fiber, a cellulose acetate or mixtures thereof. The binder can be a natural rubber or synthetic rubber latex or mixtures thereof. The synthetic rubber latex is preferably selected from the following: styrene-butadiene; carboxylated styrene-butadiene, polyacrylic ester, polyvinyl acetate; polyisobutylene, a copolymer formed from vinyl acetate monomers and acrylic acid; polychloroprene, acrylonitrile-butadiene or carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene; polyurethane; a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate; or other elastomeric copolymers.