Patent ID: 7322077

Claim:
A shoe tie system for allowing the simultaneous tightening of a shoe on an individual's foot by pulling a shoelace through the shoe tie system comprising: a plurality of tie receiving devices wherein each device includes a mounting plate for connecting to a shoe, said plate includes a first end and a second end, a mounting pin connected to said second end of the mounting plate for securing the device to the shoe, and a rotating apparatus mounted on a pin extending between an upper and lower end of said first end of the mounting plate, said rotating apparatus including a plurality of notches located on the bottom of the apparatus for mating with a plurality of notches located on the lower end of the first end of the mounting plate opposite the notches located on the bottom of the rotating apparatus, these notches allow the rotating device to rotate in a first direction and then lock the rotating device into a position to prevent the device from rotating in an opposite direction, a tie disposed through the tie receiving devices between the rotating apparatus and the mounting plate of each tie receiving device, wherein when the tie is pulled, the rotating apparatuses rotate in a first direction allowing the tie to tighten the shoe about the user's foot, once the tie is released or tied into a knot, the notches on the rotating apparatus and on the mounting plate lock the rotating apparatus into a position to prevent the rotation of the apparatus in a second direction opposite to the first direction of rotation.