ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,881, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Boa Technology Inc. (Denver).
"Tension member guides for lacing systems" was invented by Thomas Pollack (Golden, Colo.), Kristopher Lovett (Denver), Thomas Trudel (Conifer, Colo.), Cody Henderson (Denver), Clark Morgan (Denver), Mark Soderberg (Conifer, Colo.) and Anna Hetman (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tension member guide that is configured to direct or route a tension member about a path of an article includes a cover member and a guide member that is partially covered by the cover member. The cover member is attachable to the article and includes a pair of slits or incisions. T...