Patent ID: 10959494

Abstract:
Described is a portable footwear tightener lace replacement (mechanism) for use with an ice skate, sports shoe, work boot, sneaker or other footwear that has eyelets or lace hooks and normally uses laces for tightening. The portable footwear tightener includes an inside strap having a tooth or ribbed top side, an inside strap footwear attachment structure, an outside strap having a ratchet or clasp/buckle mechanism, an outside strap footwear attachment structure. Each of the inside strap and the outside strap is attached to the footwear through the eyelets, hooks or hoops by the inside strap footwear attachment structure and the outside footwear attachment structure, respectively, and the ribbed or toothed portion of the inside strap is connectable to ratchet or clasp/buckle mechanism of the outside strap into a snug arrangement.