Boa Technology Inc.

Tamara White

Robert E Burns

Gary R Hammerslag

James Alan Capra

Ilya Minkin

Aaron Venturini

Rebecca Peterson

Charles Hamilton

Mark Stanley Soderberg

Michael Joseph Nickel

Kristopher C Lovett

Eric Whewell

Mark Kerns

Anna Hetman

Robert Dickensheets

Alessandro Manzato

Theresa Hauser

Michael Friton

Luke Scotton

Benjamin Sample

A closure system for a boot or other footwear includes a tension member that is disposed within the boot and routed or guided about a path within the boot via one or more guides. The closure system also includes an adjustment member that is disposed within the boot and operably coupled with the tension member. The closure system further includes a reel based closure device having a knob that is operable to tension the tension member and to release tension from the tension member. Tensioning of the tension member adjusts a fit of the adjustment member about a foot within the boot to secure the foot within the boot and loosening of the tension member adjusts the fit of the adjustment member about the foot to allow the foot to be more easily removed from the boot.

Devices and methods for enhancing the fit of boots and other footwear

Footwear with a reel based closure device

A reel based closure device includes a housing component, a spool that is rotatably positioned within an interior region of the housing component, and a tightening component that is coupled with the housing component. The tightening component is operably coupled with the spool so that an operation of the tightening component causes the spool to rotate within the interior region of the housing component to wind a tension member about the spool. The housing component is configured so that the tension member is routed axially below the housing component's interior region and to one or more guides that are positioned along a lace path of an article, such as a shoe.

System and methods for minimizing dynamic lace movement

Closure devices that may be used for various articles, such as braces, medical devices, shoes, clothing, apparel, and the like. The closure devices may include a tightening mechanism that may function as a handle that allows an individual to wrap an article around body part, couple the article about the body part, and then tension or tighten the article using a single hand.

Closure devices for medical devices and methods

Devices and methods for tensioning apparel and other items

According to one embodiment, a coupling component includes a female component and a male component. The female component includes a main body portion and a coupling aperture. Similarly, the male component includes a main body portion and a coupling member. The coupling member that is mateable with the coupling aperture of the female component to couple the male and female components together. The main body portion of the male component includes a top surface and a relatively planar bottom surface. The coupling member includes a relatively planar top surface and a bottom surface. The relatively planar top surface of the coupling member is offset from the relatively planar bottom surface of the male component. The male and female components are non-releasable from a coupled engagement while under tension via a tension member.

Coupling members for closure devices and systems

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Denver, CO, United States of America

Tamara White