REEL-BASED LACING SYSTEM

• US 20150342303A1
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOA Technology Incorporated (The Kattegat Trust Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: BOA Technology Incorporated (The Kattegat Trust Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Soderberg, Mark S., Nickel, Michael J., Cavanagh, Sean
• Granted Patent: US 10,413,019 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 11/165 characterised by a spool, reel or pulley for winding up cables, laces or straps by rotation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/2183 Ski, boot, and shoe fasteners

Abstract

A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel that includes a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing.

Claims

1. A mounting component for releasably coupling a reel based closure device to a shoe, the mounting component comprising:

a base component having a slot that is configured to receive a mounting member of the reel based closure device by positioning the mounting within the slot of the base component;

a securing portion that extends laterally from the base component and partially surrounds the base component, the securing portion being attachable to the article to secure the base component to the article; and

an attachment component that is configured to releasably secure the reel based closure device to the base component after the mounting member of the reel base closure device is positioned within the slot of the base component, the attachment component being integrally formed with the base component.

2. The mounting component of claim 1, wherein the securing portion is attachable to the article via a mechanical fastener.

3. The mounting component of claim 1, wherein the securing portion is attachable to the article via an adhesive.

4. The mounting component of claim 1, wherein the securing portion is attachable to the article via stitching.

5. The mounting component of claim 1, wherein the attachment component comprises an insert that is integrally formed with the base component via molding the base component to at least a portion of the insert.

6. The mounting component of claim 5, wherein the insert is configured to receive a bolt or screw that is inserted through an aperture in the mounting member of the reel based closure device.

7. The mounting component of claim 5, wherein the base component is molded onto the insert so that the insert extends axially upward from the base component and is exposed and accessible to the mounting member of the reel based closure device.

8. The mounting component of claim 1, wherein the slot of the base component is at least partially surrounded by a wall.

9. A component for releasably securing a component of a lacing system to an article comprising:

a mounting base;

a securing portion that is attachable to the article to secure the mounting base to the article; and

an attachment component integrally formed with the mounting base via molding of the mounting base to at least a portion of the attachment component, the attachment component being couplable with a mounting member of the lacing system component to releasably secure the lacing system component to the mounting base.

10. The component of claim 9, wherein the securing portion is attachable to the article via a mechanical fastener.

11. The component of claim 9, wherein the securing portion is attachable to the article via an adhesive.

12. The component of claim 9, wherein the securing portion is attachable to the article via stitching.

13. The component of claim 9, wherein the attachment component comprises an insert having a boss and a tab that extends orthogonally from the boss, the mounting base being molded onto the tab so that the tab is entirely disposed within the mounting base.

14. The component of claim 13, wherein the boss is configured to receive a bolt or screw that is insertable through an aperture of the mounting member of the lacing system component to releasably secure the lacing system component to the mounting base.

15. A component for releasably securing a component of a lacing system to an article comprising:

a mounting base;

a securing portion that is attachable to the article to secure the mounting base to the article; and

an attachment component that is separate from the mounting base, the attachment component being coupled with the mounting base and being further couplable with a mounting member of the lacing system component to releasably secure the lacing system component to the mounting base.

16. The component of claim 15, wherein the securing portion is attachable to the article via a mechanical fastener.

17. The component of claim 15, wherein the securing portion is attachable to the article via an adhesive.

18. The component of claim 15, wherein the securing portion is attachable to the article via stitching.

19. The component of claim 15, wherein the attachment component comprises an insert having a boss and a tab that extends orthogonally from the boss, the insert being coupled with the mounting base so that the tab is entirely disposed within the mounting base.

20. The component of claim 19, wherein the boss is configured to receive a bolt or screw that is insertable through an aperture of the mounting member of the lacing system component to releasably secure the lacing system component to the mounting base.