Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Guides and components for closure systems and methods therefor
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Application No.: US17672564Application Date: 2022-02-15
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Publication No.: US12185794B2Publication Date: 2025-01-07
- Inventor: Kristopher Lovett , Andrea Cavanagh , Robert Burns , Mark Soderberg , Mark Kerns , Michael Nickel , James Capra , Ilya Minkin , Brett Vladika , Sean Cavanagh , David Dickensheets
- Applicant: Boa Technology Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: Boa Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boa Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: A43C11/20
- IPC: A43C11/20 ; A43C1/06 ; A43C3/00 ; A43C3/02 ; A43C5/00 ; A43C11/00 ; A43C11/16 ; F16G11/02 ; F16G11/12

Abstract:
According to an embodiment, a component for attachment to an article includes an upper component that is made of a thermoplastic material having a first melting temperature and a flange member that is molded onto the upper component and made of a thermoplastic elastomer material having a second melting temperature that is lower than the first melting temperature of the upper component. The flange member extends laterally from a bottom end of the upper component so that a bottom surface of the flange member is flush with or positioned axially below a bottom surface of the upper component. The melting temperature of the thermoplastic elastomer material enables the flange member to be directly coupled to the article via heat welding and the like without substantially affecting the upper component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220273073A1 GUIDES AND COMPONENTS FOR CLOSURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2022-09-01
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