US 12,440,001 B2
Micro-adjustable rotary closure
John Robert Burt, Brentwood, TN (US); and Lee Paul Shuttleworth, Brentwood, TN (US)
Assigned to Pride Manufacturing Company, LLC, Brentwood, TN (US)
Filed by Pride Manufacturing Company, LLC, Brentwood, TN (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,183.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/311,178, filed on Feb. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255320 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A43C 11/16 (2006.01); B65H 75/44 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 11/165 (2013.01) [B65H 75/4428 (2013.01); B65H 75/4431 (2013.01); B65H 75/4436 (2013.01); B65H 75/4442 (2013.01); B65H 75/4471 (2013.01); B65H 75/4492 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotary closure, comprising:
an adjuster component defining an adjuster block having an angled edge;
a tensioned cylindrical device disposed within a housing, the tensioned cylindrical device configured for receipt of a tensioned lacing element; and
a tensioning component in operative association with the tensioned cylindrical device and the adjuster component that applies a contrary rotational force to the tensioned cylindrical device along a first rotational direction, the tensioning component including:
a catch spring configured to engage the housing and prevent rotation of the tensioning component in a second rotational direction when the catch spring is engaged with the housing;
wherein rotation of the adjuster component in the second rotational direction causes the angled edge to contact the catch spring and cause the catch spring to disengage from the housing such that the tensioning component is allowed to rotate in the second rotational direction, and
wherein the adjuster component further includes an outer tab that extends beyond the housing.