ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,426, issued on June 10, was assigned to SCOOTBOOT PTY LTD (Koonya, Australia).
"Equine hoof boot" was invented by David Duncan MacDonald (Koonya Tasmania, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An equine boot including a sole member having an interior for receiving a bottom of a hoof; and an upper for retaining the boot on the hoof, the upper having dorsal apertures such that when the boot is worn, bulbs of the hoof protrude through respective apertures. The apertures at least partially define a bulb-engaging element for engaging the peripheries of the bulbs so as to retain the bulbs in the apertures and impede rotation of the boot...