ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,522, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to BOA Technology Inc. (Denver).

"Reel based closure device" was invented by Thomas Pollack (Golden, Colo.), Randon Kruse (Denver), Eric Irwin (Denver), Daniel Hipwood (Englewood, Colo.), Mark Clementi (Denver), Brendan Hoskens (Denver), Erik Suomi (Denver), Charles Clayton Corbett (Denver), Geoff Gloceri (Denver), Ryan Wesson (Denver), Eric Whewell (Denver), Jeffrey Gay (Denver), Taylor James DiTallo (Denver), Cody Henderson (Denver), Erik Anders Swanson (Denver), Tyler Ziebelman (Denver), John Coe (Denver) and Stephen Evans (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel based closure device for ten...