Footwear including a removable closure device

An article of footwear comprising:

• an upper including a shoelace;
• a base plate attached to the upper;
• a closure device movably attached to the shoelace, said closure device including a housing with a central opening and through-holes and defining an interior space;
• and
• a biasing device inserted in said central opening and movably attached to said housing, said biasing device including through-holes and being movable between a non-pressed position and a pressed position in which the biasing device is at least partially in the interior space of the housing;
• wherein the closure device is moved along the shoelace when the through-holes of the biasing device are aligned with the through-holes of said housing in the pressed position to adjust the fit of the upper on a user's foot,
• wherein the closure device is secured in position on the shoelace when the shoelace is clamped between the biasing device and the housing when the biasing device is in the non-pressed position, and
• wherein the closure device is removably secured to the base plate, such that the user may remove the closure device from the base plate to loosen the upper on their foot and attach the closure device to the base plate to secure the upper on their foot without moving the closure device along the shoelace.