ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,254, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Monty L. Ruetenik (Clear Lake Shores, Texas).
"Flexible equine ice boot" was invented by Monty L. Ruetenik (Clear Lake City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention describes an equine cooling boot assembly useful for treatment of lameness, including laminitis and performance stress for equine hooves and legs. The invention relates to an assembly for cooling the leg(s) and hooves of equine and other hooved animals in a coolant bath that provide support for the underside of the hoof and means for retaining the boot on an equine leg. Method to apply cooling to an equine hoof and leg is ...