Abstract: A hoof boot includes a massive base for attachment of a horseshoe and a collar which is connected to the base and is glued laterally to the hoof of a horse via a textile covering lined inwardly of the collar. The base and the collar are made in form of molded part of plastic material. The collar is provided with several thin strips which serve as predetermined breaking points so as to divide the collar in several sections and to allow adjustment thereof to the configuration of the horse hoof. The attachment of the horseshoe to the base is accomplished with nails, split rivets or wood screws in such a manner that the horseshoe can be detached without removing the molded part which is glued to the horsehoof.

Abstract: A horse hoof shoe comprises a front part having a horse shoe like bottom portion and a wall portion upwardly extending from the bottom portion, a rear part formed as a cap and having a rear portion and at least one strip portion extending forwardly from the rear portion and engaging the wall portion, two upper loops and two lower loops provided on the rear portion of the rear part, two belts extending through the upper loops and the lower loops in a crosswise manner and also partially extending over the front part and each having one end arrested on the wall portion of the front part and another end located above the one end, and a tensioning device arranged at a front side and at the center of the wall portion of the front part and connected with the other ends of the belts, the tensioning device being selflocking and having a rotary bottom formed so that by rotation of the rotary bottom the belts are pulled forwardly or pushed rearwardly in a stepless manner without use of an additional tool.

Abstract: A hoof covering for horses comprises a horseshoe-shaped plastic body made integrally of wear-resistant plastic material and having a generally acute-angled cross section. The plastic body has a lower side with a substantially planar tread surface and a planar upper surface which serves as a support for a hoof of a horse, and an upwardly extending side in the form of a side wall capable of being bent into the desired shape for mounting the hoof covering on the hoof by adhesive means. The lower side of the plastic body defines a horseshoe-shaped groove opening into the substantially planar tread surface. A horseshoe-shaped steel yoke is retained in the groove and has a plurality of spaced-apart steel calks which project through the horseshoe-shaped groove and beyond the tread surface of the plastic body. This groove is in the cross-sectional region of its opening slightly narrower than the steel yoke. Screwable connection elements may be provided between the steel yoke and the calks.

Abstract: A hoof covering for horses comprises a horseshoe-shaped plastic body which has a generally acute-angled cross section so as to form a lower side with a flat upper surface and an upwardly extending side in the form of a conical side wall. The flat upper surface serves as a support for a hoof of a horse. The conical side wall is capable of being bent into the desired shape for mounting the hoof covering on the hoof by an adhesive.