Boulder-based outdoor clothing and gear maker GoLite has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to court filings made this week.

Documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Colorado show that Coupounas LLC, which does business as GoLite LLC, had upward of $4.9 million in unsecured claims. The company’s total liabilities are under $10 million, according to the filing made Oct. 13.

GoLite listed its assets as between $1 million and $10 million. As of Friday, the company had not filed detailed financial records with the bankruptcy court.

Co-founder Demetri “Coup” Coupounas was unavailable for comment on Friday, but company officials say the 16-year-old firm expects to emerge from the reorganization bankruptcy in a stronger position.

“GoLite has filed Chapter 11 in order to restructure debt to support a healthy, profitable, growing company best able to serve our customers with great lightweight outdoor apparel and equipment for many years to come,” Jon Underhill, GoLite’s spokesman, wrote in an emailed statement to the Daily Camera.

The company’s employees would not be affected, Underhill said.

GoLite’s largest unsecured claims are held by Hong Kong-based manufacturers, exporters and suppliers including A Garment (H.K.) Ltd., which was owed nearly $1.34 million; Hanoman International Ltd., owed just under $457,700; and Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd., owed nearly $440,000, according to court records.

Additionally, several of the creditors holding the largest unsecured claims were operators of retail centers.

GoLite’s attorneys listed 13 leases the company sought to “reject.” Those included shops in outlet malls such as the Cabazon Outlets mall in Cabazon, Calif., and the Aspen Grove Lifestyle Center in Littleton in addition to retail spaces in cities such as Aspen and Colorado Springs.

GoLite appears to have shuttered those stores in recent weeks and months.

Six stores — in Boulder, Denver, Durango, Fort Collins, Lakewood and Silverthorne — remain open in addition to the company’s headquarters in Gunbarrel.

Contact Camera Business Writer Alicia Wallace at 303-473-1332 or wallacea@dailycamera.com