A device for assisting with tightening footwear laces includes a frame configured to at least partially surround a portion of the footwear. The footwear has laces and sidewalls. The device also includes at least two compression pads coupled to the frame. The compression pads are positioned so as to contact a respective sidewall of the footwear. The compression pads have a distance between them that is adjustable so as to cause the compression pads to press the sidewalls of the footwear inwardly.

A mechanical assembly has an inner body with a slider assembly comprised of a left slider arm and a right slider arm. A left wing is joined to the inner body with a left hinge. A right wing is joined to the inner body with a right hinge. Interlocking gears join the left wing to the right wing. A left tweezer is joined to the left wing. A right tweezer is joined to the right wing. A left end of a shoelace is arranged through the left slider assembly arm. A right end of the shoelace is arranged through the right slider assembly arm. Closing the left wing and the right wing together will grab the left and right ends of the shoelace with the left tweezer and the right tweezer, respectively, and opening the left wing and the right wing together will tie the ends into a bow.

A mechanical assembly has an inner body with a slider assembly comprised of a left slider arm and a right slider arm. A left wing is joined to the inner body with a left hinge. A right wing is joined to the inner body with a right hinge. Interlocking gears join the left wing to the right wing. A left tweezer is joined to the left wing. A right tweezer is joined to the right wing. A left end of a shoelace is arranged through the left slider assembly arm. A right end of the shoelace is arranged through the right slider assembly arm. Closing the left wing and the right wing together will grab the left and right ends of the shoelace with the left tweezer and the right tweezer, respectively, and opening the left wing and the right wing together will tie the ends into a bow.