Patent ID: 8245371

Claim:
A string securing device comprising: a base having a skirt extending from a top thereof and the skirt defining a space, a central post extending centrally from an inner end of the space and having a passage defined axially therethrough; a shaft extending through the passage of the central post; a ring having multiple ratchet teeth extending from a top thereof and multiple flexible members connected to an underside of the ring, the ring located within the space defined by the skirt; a spool having an annular groove and a through hole defined axially through the spool, multiple first teeth extending radially from a top tubular portion of the spool and the spool mounted to the central post, a string connected to the spool, and a cap connected to the shaft and mounted to the base, multiple second teeth defined in an underside of the cap and engaged with the first teeth of the spool, and multiple third teeth defined in the underside of the cap and removably engaged with the ratchet teeth on the ring by a force provided by the flexible members of the ring.