Patent ID: 7617573

Claim:
A shoelace fastening assembly comprising: a fastening device including a base which is adapted to be fixed on a tongue of a shoe and a recess defined in the base, two flanges extending from an inner periphery of the recess and located diametrically opposite to each other so as to form two reception grooves between the flanges and an inner surface of the recess, a main part having a tubular member rotatably mounted on a mandrel of the main part, the main part having two guiding blocks which are slidably engaged with the reception grooves, a shoelace wrapped on the tubular member and a plurality of first teeth defined in a top of the tubular member, a knob rotatably engaged with the main part and having second teeth defined in an underside thereof, the first and second teeth being engaged with each other, the tubular member being rotated in one direction when rotating the knob; at least one intermediate member adapted to be fixed on the tongue and having a cruciform slot defined in a top thereof, the shoelace movably engaged with the cruciform slot, and at least two hook members which are respectively adapted to be fixed on two flaps of the shoe and each of the at least two hook members having an engaging groove, the shoelace movably engaged with the engaging grooves of the at least two hook members.