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Abstract

Horseshoe-like hoof pad lining configuered as an essentially flat plate comprised of flexible plastic material which can be placed within the space defined by the hoof plate between the hoof plate and the hoof sole in order to avoid adhesion of especially snow and ice on the hoof sole, wherein the hoof pad lining is provided with a tube-like hump defining at least partly the enclosed space, which hump comprises a hollow space at least partly filled with air, wherein moreover the hump stands upright on the plastic material plate and extends internally up to the upper end of the hoof pad.In order to improve function and lifetime as well as the elastic characteristics of the hump it comprises a tube-like hollow space profile provided with at least one oval hollow space and extended to a bridge-like connecting bar connecting the two legs of the hoof pad within the area of their ends and being provided at the front end of the hoof pad in the area of the connecting point of the two legs with an interruption, wherein the plastic material plate between the hoof pad the hoof follows the circumference of the hoof pad and is free of the hump beyond the connecting bar in the direction to the ends of the legs.

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