REEL BASED CLOSURE SYSTEM

• Main Authors: Pollack, Thomas, Soderberg, Mark, Whewell, Eric, Duller, Josef, Roland, David, Clementi, Mark, Hoskens, Brendan, Kruse, Randon
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.10.2024
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVINGPURPOSES; BLASTING; CHAINS; CONVEYING; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR; FOMENTATION; FOOTWEAR; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LACES IN GENERAL; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROSTHESES; STORING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; WEAPONS

A reel based closure device includes a housing, a tension member, a spool that is rotatably positioned within the housing, and a tightening component that is positioned axially above the spool and that is operably coupled therewith so that an operation of the tightening component causes the spool to rotate within the housing to wind the tension member about the spool. The reel based closure device also includes a coupling component that is separate from the tension member and that frictionally engages with a distal end of the tension member so that the coupling component is removably fixed to the tension member. The spool component includes a coupling feature within which the coupling component is positioned to attach the tension member to the spool.