US Patent Issued to BOA Technology on April 29 for "Methods and devices for retrofitting footwear to include a reel based closure system" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,079, issued on April 29, was assigned to BOA Technology Inc. (Denver).

"Methods and devices for retrofitting footwear to include a reel based closure system" was invented by Kristopher C. Lovett (Denver), Christopher H. Converse (Boulder, Colo.), Clark Morgan (Denver) and Michael J. Nickel (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a removable tightening device is described. The tensioning mechanism is removably coupleable with an article without damaging the article so that upon removal, the coupling of the tensioning mechanism with the article is unrecognizable or not readily detectable. The tensionin...