Scott Usa, Inc.

Charles Donald McGee

Charles S French

David T Robran

A motorcycle boot has an upper wrap-around shell, closed by a buckle and strap, which overlaps a lower vamp shell having a plurality of forward and rear tapering fingers which extend into the upper shell to allow hinging movement of the upper shell. Flexible liners are inserted into the vamp to custom fit the vamp shell to a wearer's foot. An interconnecting hinge assembly includes a pivot pin, journalled in the upper shell, and slidably mounted within a slotted plate attached to the lower shell, to allow the upper shell to pivot forwardly and rearwardly and rock sideways. The base of the lower shell, with a steel plate embedded in the instep arch, is covered by a replaceable sole attached by adhesive which forms a rupturable seal. To waterproof the boot, a flexible cylindrical liner is sealed to the lower vamp and extends through the upper shell, with the liner top being folded down and externally attached to the upper shell.

Boot with hinged upper

A goggle frame includes air vents spaced along its periphery and covered with a fibrous lining to vent the goggle interior while preventing entry of foreign matter. A detachable partial-face shield has snap-in posts which mate with apertures spaced along a bottom rim of the goggle frame. When the shield is attached to the rim, a shield nose section rests on a nose bridge of the frame, and shield side sections curve behind adjacent air vents in the frame to force frontal air therethrough. A main lens has locking projections received in a peripheral groove around the frame. One or more auxiliary lenses have edge regions received in the same peripheral groove, each auxiliary lens having an offset tab to allow a wearer to detach the auxiliary lens while the goggle is being worn.

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Ketchum, ID, United States of America

Charles Donald McGee