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US 2025/0376352 A1Published application
Tensioning device
AssigneeOssur Iceland Ehf
InventorsDavid SANDAHL, Martijn Jan Brouwer PETERS, Karim DE WAARD
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Abstract
A tensioning device is designed to reduce the size of an opening on an underlying device or garment. The tensioning device includes a knob, a spool to receive a tensioning element, and a housing having an annular wall extending from a base configured to receive the spool. The tensioning device includes the first locking profile designed to interlock with a second locking profile of the tensioning device for restricting rotation of the knob relative to the housing and maintaining tension in the tensioning element under load.
Claims15
A tensioning device comprising:
- a knob configured to adjust tension of a tensioning element, the knob including at least a first tab and a second tab;
- a spool for winding a portion of the tensioning element about a first rotational axis;
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- a housing configured to receive the spool and connected with the knob, the housing including an annular wall extending upward from a base and further including a set of teeth defining a first locking profile;
- wherein the at least first tab and second tab of the knob are configured to displace the spool about the first rotational axis;
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- wherein the first locking profile is configured to interlock with at least one second locking profile of the tensioning device and arranged to prevent rotation of the knob relative to the housing and further arranged to maintain tension in the tensioning element under load.
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A tensioning device comprising:
- a knob configured to adjust tension of a tensioning element, the knob including at least a first tab and a second tab;
- a spool for winding a portion of the tensioning element about a first rotational axis;
- a housing configured to receive the spool and connected with the knob, the housing including an annular wall extending upward from a base and further including a set of teeth defining a first locking profile;
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- a ratchet for incrementally adjusting rotation of the spool about the first rotational axis, the ratchet being positioned between the knob and the spool;
- wherein the at least a first tab and a second tab of the knob are configured to displace the spool about the first rotational axis;
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- wherein the first locking profile is configured to interlock with at least one second locking profile of the tensioning device and arranged to prevent rotation of the knob relative to the housing and further arranged to maintain tension in the tensioning element under load.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.