Flexible cushioned horse shoe

Claim 1

A SHOE FOR RACE HORSES COMPRISING: A U-SHAPED BASE FORMED OF LIGHT WEIGHT METAL, SAID BASE BEING OF UNIFORM THICKNESS THROUGH MOST OF ITS EXTENT AND HAVING THE USUAL NAIL HOLES; A NARROW HARDENED METAL TOE PIECE HAVING A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL SPACED PROJECTIONS AT ONE EDGE, SAID PROJECTIONS PIERCING AND DISPLACING THE METAL OF SAID BASE AND HAVING THEIR FREE ENDS RIVERTED AGAINST THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID BASE, SAID TOE PIECE PROVIDING A FLANGE NORMAL TO SAID BASE, PARALLEL THERETO AND SPACED BETWEEN THE MARGINS OF SAID BASE; A BODY OF RUBBER SECURED TO SAID BASE, SURROUNDING SAID TOE PIECE ON ALL SIDES AND TERMINATING SHORT OF THE ADJACENT NAIL HOLES, SAID BODY BEING OF UNIFORM HEIGHT ABOVE THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BASE, BUT OF LESS HEIGHT THAN SAID TOE PIECE AND SPACED BODIES OF RUBBER SECURED TO SAID BASE BETWEEN THE NAIL HOLES IN SAID BASE AND BETWEEN THE NAIL HOLES ADJACENT THE FREE BASE, OF SAID U-SHAPED BASE AND THE SAID FREE ENDS OF THE BASE, SAID BASE HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY PLANE SURFACES ADJACENT SAID BODIES OF RUBBER TO PERMIT LATERAL EXPANSION OF SAID BODIES UNDER IMPACT.