Patent ID: 8832911

Claim:
A lace tightening apparatus, comprising: a handle having an interior, a top surface, an underside, a front, and a back; a gripping platform partially within said interior traveling most of a length of said handle along said underside, said gripping platform adapted to travel up into said interior of said handle upon a compression force being applied thereto; one or more springs within said interior, each said spring having a first end and a second end, said first end anchored to said handle within said interior and said second end movably connected to said gripping platform; a stylus integrally attached to said gripping platform having a post and an L-shaped portion including a lip, said post having a post top rigidly attached to said gripping platform; wherein when said compression force is applied to said gripping platform, said lip travels upward such that when said lip engages said lace said lace is also pulled upward.