US Patent Issued to BOA Technology on Oct. 7 for "Integrated closure device components and methods" (Wyoming, California, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,373, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BOA Technology Inc. (Denver).

"Integrated closure device components and methods" was invented by Robert E. Burns (San Francisco), Randon Kruse (Sheridan, Wyo.) and Thomas Pollack (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lace tensioning device includes a housing component having an interior region, a first aperture, and a second aperture, and a spool component that is rotatably positionable within the interior region of the housing component. The spool component has a central cylindrical member and a lumen that extends through the central cylindrical portion. The spool component is rotatabl...