Patent · US Expired

Device for fastening a shoe on a bicycle pedal

US4840086A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 13, 1988
Grant dateJun 20, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 13, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/217
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for fastening a shoe on a bicycle pedal essentially comprises at least one retaining member attached to the undersurface of the sole of the shoe, the retaining member being provided with a rear retaining recess having a rearwardly directed opening and with a front retaining recess having a forwardly directed opening. Rear and front anchoring members on the pedal are provided respectively with rear and front anchoring elements located at a longitudinal distance from each other which is slightly shorter than or equal to the distance between the rear retaining recess and the front retaining recess of the retaining member attached to the shoe so as to be capable of engaging and locking respectively within the rear retaining recess and the front retaining recess in order to fix the shoe on the pedal.

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