ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,657, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BOA Technology Inc. (Denver).
"Tightening system for ski boots" was invented by Isabella Oberhauser (Mondsee, Austria), Zachary Hamilton Jensen (Denver), Alessandro Manzato (Mondsee, Austria), Marco Armiraglio (Mondsee, Austria), Brendan Hoskens (Denver), Thomas John Pollack (Golden, Colo.), Blake Kittridge (Denver), John Coe (Denver) and Stephen Evans (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tightening device for tightening a ski boot includes an elongate panel having a proximal end and a distal end. The elongate panel is positioned about the ski boot's shell between opposing sides of the shel...