Nike, Inc.

Boa Technology Inc.

Life Technologies Corporation

Aesynt Incorporated

Nike Innovate C.v.

Cody Collier Henderson

Mark Stanley Soderberg

Daniel Hipwood

Tiffany A Beers

Andrew A Owings

James Alan Capra

Thomas Pollack

Thomas Trudel

Michael Joseph Nickel

Eric Craig Irwin

Eric Whewell

Ilya Minkin

Ashley Pickens

Oronde Armstrong

Greg Langley

William Roushey

Kristopher C Lovett

James Kolozs

Clark Morgan

Anna Hetman

Gregory Kaduchak

Michael D Ward

Jolene Ann Bradford

Paul A Brayford

Alessandro Manzato

Phillip Nolan Tyler

Michael Wayne Olszowy

Sean Michael Cole

Jimmy Capra

Michael P Zarich

Stefan Elsener

Stefan Sporrer

William Lunt Godfrey

Jan Zwierstra

Ian Bradley Thorne

Robin Carlton Swain

David Anton Van Gogh

Andy Owings

Charles Clayton Corbett

A reel based tensioning device includes a housing, a spool that is rotatably positioned within the housing, and a knob member that is operably coupled with the spool to cause the spool to rotate in a first direction within the housing and thereby wind a tension member about the spool. The reel based tensioning device also includes a load holding mechanism that is coupled with the spool and that is configured to rotate the spool in the first direction within the housing and to prevent rotation of the spool in a second direction to prevent unwinding of the tension member from about the spool. The reel based tensioning device further includes an audible component that is configured to produce an audible noise responsive to operation of the knob member to signal an adjustment of the tension member.

Reel based closure system

A tensioning system for articles of footwear and articles of apparel is disclosed. The tensioning system includes a tensioning member that is tightened or loosened using a motorized tensioning device for winding and unwinding the tensioning member on a spool. The tensioning system may be used with various sensors to determine how the motorized tensioning device should be controlled.

Motorized tensioning system with sensors

Ski boot having multiple reel based closure systems

Reel based closure system employing a friction based tension mechanism

A tension member guide that is configured to direct or route a tension member about a path of an article includes a cover member and a guide member that is partially covered by the cover member. The cover member is attachable to the article and includes a pair of slits or incisions. The guide member is folded along a longitudinal length to form a loop or channel within which the tension member may be inserted. The guide member is positioned in relation to the cover member so that opposing end portions of the loop or channel are inserted through the slits or incisions such that the opposing end portions are positioned on an opposite side of the cover member from a remainder of the guide member.

Tension member guides for lacing systems

Tension member guides of a lacing system

A tensioning system for articles of footwear and articles of apparel is disclosed. The tensioning system includes a tensioning member that is tightened or loosened using a motorized tensioning device for winding and unwinding the tensioning member on a spool. The motorized tensioning device includes a torque transmitting system that allows for incremental tightening, incremental loosening and full loosening of the tensioning member.

Motorized tensioning system

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