US 12,144,401 B2
Integrated closure device components and methods
Robert E. Burns, Denver, CO (US); Randon Kruse, Denver, CO (US); and Thomas Pollack, Golden, CO (US)
Assigned to BOA Technology, Inc., Denver, CO (US)
Filed by BOA Technology, Inc., Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/501,817.
Application 18/501,817 is a continuation of application No. 18/186,779, filed on Mar. 20, 2023, granted, now 11,844,404.
Application 18/186,779 is a continuation of application No. 17/450,263, filed on Oct. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,633,020, issued on Apr. 25, 2023.
Application 17/450,263 is a continuation of application No. 17/006,171, filed on Aug. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,457,698, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Application 17/006,171 is a continuation of application No. 16/103,761, filed on Aug. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,772,388, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Application 16/103,761 is a continuation of application No. 14/991,788, filed on Jan. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,076,160, issued on Sep. 18, 2018.
Application 14/991,788 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/297,047, filed on Jun. 5, 2014, granted, now 9,770,070, issued on Sep. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/101,283, filed on Jan. 8, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/831,259, filed on Jun. 5, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138529 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. A44B 11/06 (2006.01); A43C 7/00 (2006.01); A43C 9/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01); A43C 11/20 (2006.01)
CPC A44B 11/065 (2013.01) [A43C 7/00 (2013.01); A43C 9/00 (2013.01); A43C 11/165 (2013.01); A43C 11/20 (2013.01); Y10T 24/3724 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reel based closure device comprising:
a base member having an inner cavity and an outer peripheral wall that surrounds the inner cavity;
a housing that is releasably mounted within the inner cavity of the base member;
a spool rotatably positioned within an interior of the housing, the spool being rotatable in a first direction to wind a tension member about the spool and being rotatable in a second direction to unwind the tension member from about the spool; and
a knob or dial that is rotatably coupled with the housing and that is operationally coupled with the spool to cause the spool to rotate in the first direction; wherein:
the base member includes a recessed portion and a tab;
the housing includes a flange that is positionable within the recessed portion of the base member and a radial protrusion that is releasably coupleable with the tab of the base member to releasably mount the housing within the inner cavity of the base member;
the housing includes lace ports that extend radially outward from a cylindrical body of the housing; and
the base member includes channels in the outer peripheral wall within which the lace ports of the housing are positioned.