US 2022/0175089 A1Published application

Reel based closure device

AssigneeBoa Technology Inc.

InventorsThomas Pollack, Randon Kruse, Eric Irwin, Daniel Hipwood, Mark Clementi, Brendan Hoskens, Erik Suomi, Charles Clay Corbett, Geoff Gloceri, Ryan Wesson, Eric Whewell, Jeffrey Gay, Taylor James DiTallo, Cody Henderson, Erik Anders Swanson

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Abstract

A boot, such as a ski boot, may include a lower portion or shell that is configured to accommodate a foot and an upper portion or cuff that extends upward from the lower portion and that is configured to accommodate a lower leg of a wearer. The boot may also include a tightening system that is coupled with the lower portion of the boot in order to close and tighten the lower portion about the foot. The tightening system includes a reel based closure device and a tension member that is operably coupled with the reel based closure device so that an operation of the reel based closure device effects tensioning of the tension member. The tightening system also includes a plurality of guide members that route or direct the tension member along a path and a terminal member that is fixedly coupled with the tension member.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A ski boot comprising:

a rigid exterior shell comprising:
a lower shell that is configured to couple with a ski binding, the lower shell being configured to accommodate a foot;
an upper cuff that is pivotally coupled with the lower shell, the upper cuff being configured to accommodate a lower leg;
a tightening system coupled with the lower shell, the tightening system including:
a single reel based closure device that is coupled with the lower shell adjacent to the upper cuff;
a tension member operably coupled with the reel based closure device so that an operation of the reel based closure device effects tightening of the tension member;
a first guide that is positioned on a first side of an opening of the lower shell;
a second guide that is positioned on a second side of the opening of the lower shell;
and
a terminal member that is coupled with the lower shell adjacent to a toe box;
wherein the first guide and the second guide route or direct the tension member along a path about the lower shell across the opening and to the terminal member;
and
wherein a distal end of the tension member is fixedly coupled with the terminal member.

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