US Patent Issued to BOA Technology on Sept. 29 for "Reel based closure system" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,130, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to BOA Technology Inc. (Denver).

"Reel based closure system" was invented by Josef Duller (Louisville, Colo.), Charles Clay Corbett (Denver) and Ryan Vogt (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel based closure device includes a housing, a spool positioned within the interior region of the housing, a knob that is operably coupled with the spool and with the housing, and a rotation control component that is operably coupled with the knob. The knob is rotatable in a tightening direction to cause the spool to rotate within the housing and thereby wind the tension member about the spool. The kno...