Andre M Lee

US Patent:

20170208894, Jul 27, 2017

Filed:

Apr 6, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/481143

Inventors:

- Irvine CA, US
Andre Hsi-an Lee - Irvine CA, US
Jon Munns - Portland OR, US
Robert Cropp - Pikesville MD, US

Assignee:

Fox Head, Inc. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

A43B 5/14
A43B 23/22
A43B 13/18
A43B 13/10
A43B 23/08
A43B 23/02
A43B 23/17
A43B 13/04

Abstract:

Protective footwear, such as a motorcycle or motocross boot, can have a supple, leather boot feel. Disclosed footwear can have a hinged coupling between a foot engagement structure and a lower-leg engagement structure to promote anatomically correct flexion in a wearer's ankle. The lower-leg engagement portion can define a ledge having a lowermost face configured to abut and matingly urge against an uppermost face of a ledge of the foot engagement portion to limit an extent of pivoting of the hinged coupling. The hinged coupling, in some instances, can include a pair of opposed bushings, each defining an internal thread configured to matingly engage a corresponding outer thread on a stud. The stud can retain the lower-leg engagement portion and the foot engagement portion in a pivotable relationship to each other. The opposed bushings can be keyed to matingly engage either a lateral portion of the foot engagement portion or a medial portion of the foot engagement portion.