Patent ID: 8468657
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A41F,A43C,A45C,A45F,A61F,A63B,A63C,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A reel for use in a lacing system for a wearable article, comprising: a housing; a spool rotatable relative to the housing, the spool comprising an annular channel formed therein; and a knob rotatable relative to the housing; wherein the reel is configured so that the spool gathers cable in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing; wherein the reel is configured so that cable is released from the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing; and a plurality of arms, wherein each of the plurality of arms is configured to be selectively engageable with a plurality of depressions so as to substantially impede the spool from rotating in the second direction relative to the housing when one or more of the plurality of arms is in a first position; wherein each of the plurality of arms is configured so as to not substantially impede rotation of the spool in the first direction relative to the housing; and wherein the knob is configured such that, when the knob is rotated in the second direction relative to the housing, the knob causes each of the plurality of arms to deflect to a second position so as to disengage each of the plurality of arms from each of the respective depressions with which each of the plurality of arms is engaged.