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US4762019:
Device for fixing a shoe on a pedal, a shoe and a pedal thus fitted out
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Beyl, Jean J.; 58000 Nevers, France
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1988-08-09
/ 1987-05-05
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| Application Number: |
US1987000048533
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| IPC Code: |
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A43B 5/14;
A63C 9/20;
B62M 3/08;
IPC-7:
G05G 1/14;
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| ECLA Code: |
A43B5/14; A63C9/20; B62M3/08C;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
074/594.6;
036/131;
074/594.4;
Original:
074/594.6;
036/131;
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| Field of Search: |
074/594.6,594.1,594.3,602
036/131
280/11.31,212,214,215,261
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| Priority Number: |
| 1984-05-18 |
FR1984000007786 |
| 1984-12-14 |
FR1984000019173 |
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| Abstract: |
The fixing device comprises a sole plate fixed to the sole of a cyclist's shoe and comprising forward stop means towards the front and a catch towards the rear. Restraining means mounted on the pedal comprise forward stop means associated with those of the plate, and a holding element movably mounted on the pedal and capable of being applied by elastic biasing means against the rear of said catch. The forward stop means and the catch of the sole plate extend transversely under the sole of the shoe, behind the sole portion having the greatest width, while the associated forward stop means mounted on the pedal extend transversely and are fixed on the pedal behind the pedal spindle.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Cushman, Darby & Cushman ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Nilson, Robert G.;
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| Parent Case: |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 735,210 filed May 17, 1985 which was abandoned upon the filing hereof.
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| Designated Country: |
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. Device for fixing a shoe on a pedal of a pedal-powered machine such as a bicycle, comprising in combination:
- (a) a sole plate to be fixed to the sole of a cyclist's shoe and having forwardly and rearwardly facing transverse bearing surfaces at the front and rear of the plate comprising frontal forward stop means and a rearward surface;
- (b) restraining means mounted on the pedal and comprising on one hand frontal stop means adapted to be associated with those of the sole plate for restraining the sole plate in the forward direction, and, on the other hand, a transversely extending hook section on the pedal combined with a lip provided on said sole plate for restraining said plate in the upward direction, said frontal forward stop means of said sole plate being engageable against the frontal stop means of the pedal when the shoe is attached to said pedal;
- (c) holding means movably mounted on the pedal;
- (d) resilient biasing means capable of urging said holding means against the back of said rearward surface of the sole plate for opposing rearward displacement of the said sole plate when the rearward force on the shoe remains below a predetermined threshold value and for allowing said displacement when said threshold is at least attained;
- said frontal forward stop means and said rearward surface of the sole plate extending transversely under the sole of the shoe when said sole plate is fixed to the shoe sole, behind the portion of the sole having the greatest width, and said frontal stop means and said hook section of the pedal associated with said frontal stop means of the sole plate extending transversely over the major part of the width of the pedal and being fixed on the pedal behind the geometric axis of rotation of the pedal, said pedal including a portion which extends in front of said frontal stop means of said pedal, on which said portion the shoe is supportable substantially thereabove.
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