US 12,471,657 B2
Tightening system for ski boots
Isabella Oberhauser, Mondsee (AT); Zachary Hamilton Jensen, Denver, CO (US); Alessandro Manzato, Mondsee (AT); Marco Armiraglio, Mondsee (AT); Brendan Hoskens, Denver, CO (US); Thomas John Pollack, Golden, CO (US); Blake Kittridge, Denver, CO (US); John Coe, Denver, CO (US); and Stephen Evans, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to BOA Technology, Inc., Denver, CO (US)
Filed by BOA Technology, Inc., Denver, CO (US)
Filed on May 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,340.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/340,876, filed on May 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363488 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 5/04 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01); A43C 11/20 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 5/0447 (2013.01) [A43B 5/0439 (2013.01); A43C 11/165 (2013.01); A43C 11/20 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tightening device for tightening a ski boot, the tightening device comprising:
an elongate panel having a proximal end and a distal end, the elongate panel being positionable about a shell of the ski boot between opposing sides of the shell;
a tensioner that is coupled with the proximal end of the elongate panel, the tensioner comprising a knob;
a tension member that is operably coupled with the tensioner so that a rotation of the knob adjusts a tension of the tension member; and
at least one guide member that is coupled with, or positioned on, the proximal end of the elongate panel adjacent the tensioner;
wherein the proximal end of the elongate panel includes an annular ring that is positioned above the elongate panel to allow a gaiter of the ski boot to be positioned between the elongate panel and the annular ring such that only the tensioner is positioned externally of the gaiter; and
wherein the tension member is coupled with the at least one guide member so that the tension member is routed between the opposing sides of the shell and along a portion of the elongate panel.