Self-fitting boot type horse shoe

Claim 1

A SHOE FOR HORSES AND SIMILAR HOOVED ANIMALS, COMPRISING AN OPEN TOPPED CUP-LIKE MEMBER FORMED OF HEAT-SHRINKABLE NEOPRENE, HAVING AN ORIGINAL SHAPE GEOMETRICALLY SIMILAR TO, BUT SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN, THE ANIMAL''S HOOF, AND BEING PROVIDED WITH AN UNDER FACE HAVING A GROUND-ENGAGING SURFACE, SAID MEMBER BEING EXPANDED TO A SIZE SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN THE ANIMAL''S HOOF, SO THAT IT CAN BE SLIPPED FREELY THEREOVER AND MANUALLY POSITIONED IN PROPER ALIGNMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID CUP-LIKE MEMBER HAVING A SIDE WALL PROVIDED WITH A CONTINUOUS INNER FACE ADAPTED FOR CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL SNUG FITTING EMBRACEMENT WITH THE SIDE FACE OF THE ANIMAL''S HOOF AND HAVING A CROSS SECTIONAL CONTOUR GEOMETRICALLY SIMILAR TO THE CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE OF THE ANIMAL''S HOOF, SAID CUP-LIKE MEMBER BEING REVERSELY INDENTED AT THE REAR TO FIT SNUGLY WITHIN THE CLEFT OF THE ANIMAL''S HOOF, WHEREBY TO FIT CONFORMABLY AROUND AND AGAINST SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE SIDE FACE OF THE ANIMAL''S HOOF.