Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61D—VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
  • A61D9/00—Bandages, poultices or compresses specially adapted to veterinary purposes
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
  • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
  • A01K13/00—Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices; Protection against weather conditions or insects
  • A01K13/006—Protective coverings
  • A01K13/007—Leg, hoof or foot protectors

Definitions

• Paramedical accessory to provide care to members of equines characterized by the fact that it replaces the 2 separate components (disposable cotton piece and fixing bandage) of the rudimentary system still in use, thanks to the assembly of several materials fulfilling the functions of cotton, which of the strip, in a single self-adhesive compress, of a longevity greater than that of any bandage, and marrying in a block, without winding, the part of member to be treated - even the knee or the hock where no bandage holds -this due to its realization in several specially adapted models.
• a rigid or preferably semi-rigid material possibly perforated: coated fabric, fleece, rubber, plastic, etc.
• a stretch velor sponge or any soft, permeable material preferably slightly stretchy, resistant to deformation, felting and rotting; all fully synthetic or heat generating material being excluded.
• the invention relates to gaiter enabling to durably apply various products to a portion of an equidae member when not at work, or simply to protect from the cold, blows, insects or any infection source. It can not be used during work because of its consistence, its shape and thick- ness. It is comprised of a soft thick flannel or any other fabric having the same qualities, optionally of an intermediary layer of polyester foam or any other similar material and of an outer en- velope of perforated plastified jersey or any other material having the same characteristicss, on which are fixed the closure Systems. Said three parts corresponds to the parts A, B and C in the joined figure.
• the invention is a gaiter allowing the lasting application of various products on a part of a member of an equine outside of work, or quite simply to protect it from the cold, blows, insects or a source of infection. It is unused during work due to its consistency, shape and thickness. It is made of a fleece or any other fabric feeling the same qualities, possibly an intermediate layer of polyether foam or other similar substance of an outer shell of perforated plasticized jersey or another material offering the same characteristics, su what are the locking systems. These three parts correspond to parts A, B and C of the figure.
• the present invention relates to a repoa guttre for equidae, intended to replace the bandages known as “rest bands”, for preventive or curative purposes.
• rest bands made of elastic fabric, which wrap around the barrel (fig l, A) and the ball (fig I, B) of the equine, usually over a layer of cotton wool (dry or soaked in a treatment liquid, for example an astringant).
• the rest gaiter is inspired in principle by the gaiter known as "working" currently existing, which is intended exclusively for use on an equine in action, without the possibility of impregnation by a treating product, and therefore cannot claim to replace the rest bands. Conversely, the rest gaiter cannot claim to replace a gaiter or a working bandage.
• the rest gutter is therefore a gaiting of a shape adapted to the part of the member to be covered, as shown in Figure I.
• the gutting can be dry poached or soaked with a treatment liquid, just like a rest band.
• the gaiter is composed as follows:
• an intermediate layer of polyether foam, sponge or other spongy material intended: I) to increase the capacity of impregnation of the gaiter; 2) wet or dry, to adapt closely, by its elastic and compressible character, to the shape of the same, thus making the guttre more stable and more effective, all the more so as it gives it a massage effect.
• This intermediate thickness can be eliminated if a greater thickness of the inner layer described above is provided; nevertheless this solution is less efficient, although of a simpler realization, (fig 2, M and 3, B)
• an external envelope in rigid fabric without excess (in order to have a maximum of "holding” without however preventing the animal from moving), as ventilated as possible (so that the skin can breathe and the humidity evaporate slowly), and nevertheless fairly waterproof (for the reasons already mentioned above).
• This material can be canvas, leather, plastic or rubber, or a plasticized or rubberized fabric, or any other material having the same qualities; these materials are optionally perforated to allow ventilation, when they are too waterproof.
• the most suitable material seems to be the perforated plastic jersey that is used in the automotive industry to double the ceilings of cars.
• the adaptation to the shape of the limb is made by means of pliers (P) or by molding, depending on the material used.
• lll is also preferable to also practice clamps in the internal thickness, set a cut in the intermediate thickness ai it is in foam and that one cannot practice a pincea there, so that the gaiter is more perfectly adapted to the member and that the internal thickness cannot crease, which would risk injure the limb.
• This envelope (fig 2, E or 3, C) is extended by one or better, two flaps allowing the gaiter to be closed by means of an appropriate system (the system known under the commercial name of "" Velcro "). if two rabata are used, these are arranged as shown in figure 3, so that the gaiter is closed by crossing them on the front of the member to apply them on each side of the gaiter , on the "Velcro” V 3 and V4 corresponding to the "Velcro" VI and V2 fixed inside the rabata E1 and R2.
• an appropriate system the system known under the commercial name of "" Velcro "
• the invention is not limited to the other forms and materials described above by way of example, but embraces all the possibilities of producing a gaiter specially intended for use on any part of a member of an equine, outside of work (in the box, in transport, in the meadow, etc ...), and designed so that it can be applied impregnated with a liquid.

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