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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Boa Technology, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Jesse Daniel Cotterman, Evergreen, CO (US);
Christopher Hoyt Converse, Boulder, CO (US);
Boa Technology, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A tightening system can be used with a helmet or other wearable article. The tightening system can have a forehead strap that is space apart from a yoke, which can be configured to engage a back side of a wearer's head. A lace can extend between the forehead strap and the yoke and a tightening mechanism can be configured to adjust tension on the lace. One or more intermediate tenders can engage the lace in the gap between the forehead strap and the yoke so that the lace path between the forehead strap and the yoke is non-linear. The yoke can have a height adjustment mechanism. The tightening mechanism can be configured to provide a clicking sound during rotation in both the tightening direction and the loosening direction. The tightening mechanism can include a rotation limiter to prevent over-tightening and/or over-loosening of the tightening mechanism.