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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Boa Technology, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
James Paul Goodman, Valencia, CA (US);
Eric Craig Irwin, Lakewood, CO (US);
Mark S. Soderberg, Conifer, CO (US);
Sean Cavanagh, Golden, CO (US);
Assignee:
Boa Technology, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 11/16 (2006.01); B65H 75/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 11/165 (2013.01); B65H 75/4431 (2013.01); Y10T 24/2183 (2015.01); Y10T 29/4984 (2015.01); Y10T 74/2133 (2015.01);
Abstract
A reel based lacing system is configured to allow the incremental tightening of a lace about a spool by rotation of a knob in the tightening direction. In some embodiments, the system can include a substantially inflexible pawl beam configured to resist rotation of the knob in the loosening direction and a pawl spring configured to bias the pawl against the housing and to allow the pawl to be displaced away from the housing when the knob is rotated in the tightening direction.