Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lace tightening mechanism and parameter detector disposed therein
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Application No.: US15730095Application Date: 2017-10-11
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Publication No.: US10667580B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: F. Grant Kovach , Jeffrey Allen
- Applicant: Under Armour, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MD Baltimore
- Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Baltimore
- Main IPC: A43C11/16
- IPC: A43C11/16 ; A43B3/00

Abstract:
A tightening mechanism is provided for use with a lace that is laced through an opening of an article. The tightening mechanism includes: a tightening mechanism base configured to attach to the article; a tightening mechanism housing disposed on the tightening mechanism base; a tightening mechanism rotatable reel positioned within the tightening mechanism housing and that can take up the lace; and a parameter detector operable to detect a parameter associated with the article and to generate parameter data of the detected parameter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190104808A1 LACE TIGHTENING MECHANISM AND PARAMETER DETECTOR DISPOSED THEREIN Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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