Patents
US 12440001 B2: Micro-adjustable rotary closure
- Granted
- 2025-10-14
- Filed
- 2023-02-17 application 18171183
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Various embodiments of a system and associated methods for an improved rotary closure for tensioning a tensioned lacing element are disclosed herein. In particular, the improved rotary closure includes an adjuster component in association with a tensioning component to incrementally counter-rotate the tensioning component and a tensioned cylindrical device, enabling micro-adjustment of the rotary closure without complete de-tensioning of the tensioned cylindrical device.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251014.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pride Manufacturing Company, LLC 24 patents | US company or organization | Brentwood, TN | PRIDE MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Robert Burt | Brentwood, TN | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Lee Paul Shuttleworth | Brentwood, TN | 15 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A43C | Fastenings or attachments of footwear; laces in general | A43C11/165 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65H | Handling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs, cables | B65H75/4428 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | PRIDE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC signed 2026-04-21 GCI OUTDOOR LLC signed 2026-04-21 ARGON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2026-04-21 | TWIN BROOK CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, AS AGENT CHICAGO, IL | 74423/515 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-03-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SHUTTLEWORTH, LEE PAUL signed 2023-02-22 BURT, JOHN ROBERT signed 2023-03-10 | PRIDE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC BRENTWOOD, TN | 62951/472 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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