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Reel based closure system employing a friction based tension mechanism

  • US 10,543,630 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2018
  • Issued: 01/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An insert molded component for a reel based tensioning device, the reel based tensioning device being coupled with a tension member and being operable to tension the tension member, the insert molded component comprising:

  • a base member of the reel based tensioning device, the base member being made of a polymer material, the base member having a top end and a bottom end with a bottom surface and having an interior cavity within which one or more components of the reel based tensioning device are positionable; and

    a fabric material that is substantially flush with the bottom surface of the base member and that extends laterally from at least a portion of an outer periphery of the bottom end of the base member, the base member being insert molded onto the fabric material by injecting the polymer material through the fabric material so that when the insert molded component is formed, the fabric material is disposed within at least a portion of the base member with the polymer material of the least a portion of the base member disposed on opposite sides of the fabric material.

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