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US 2025/0176674 A1Published application
Surface mount kits and related components
AssigneeClick Holdings, LLC
InventorsJimmy Capra, Joseph A. Mahon
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods used to make adjustments to an artificial appliance are disclosed. An artificial appliance adjustability system includes surface guide devices and a reel device. A releasing tab may be selectively coupled to the surface guide device. A lace is coupled to the surface guide devices and the reel device. Rotation of the reel device can apply tension to or release tension from the lace to adjust a portion of the artificial appliance.
Claims20
A surface guide device, comprising:
- a base configured to conform to a non-flat surface;
- a body coupled to the base and comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion;
- and
- a circumferential groove disposed adjacent the first end portion and configured to receive a lace;
- and
- a cap coupled to the body and comprising a keeper tab.
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An artificial appliance adjustability system, comprising:
- a shift reel adjusting device comprising a shift member configured to shift the shift reel adjusting device from a first lace uptake configuration to a second lace uptake configuration;
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- a surface guide device comprising:
- a base configured to conform to a non-flat surface of an artificial appliance;
- a body coupled to the base and comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion;
- and
- a circumferential groove disposed adjacent the first end portion and configured to receive a lace;
- a cap coupled to the body and comprising a keeper tab;
- and
- a releasing tab releasably couplable to the body and comprising:
- a handle portion graspable by fingers of a user;
- and
- an engagement portion releasably couplable to the first end portion.
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A method of manufacturing an artificial appliance, comprising:
- coupling one or more surface guide devices to an exterior surface of a first portion of an artificial appliance;
- coupling one or more surface guide devices to an exterior surface of a second portion of the artificial appliance;
- and
- coupling a lace to the one or more surface guide devices of the first portion and the one or more surface guide devices of the second portion by threading the lace between and at least partially around the one or more surface guide devices of the first portion and the one or more surface guide devices of the second portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.