EP0130712A2
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Bicycle pedal and shoe
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-06-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-06-11
Abstract
Abstract @ To enable a cyclist to provide 360° of driving force on each bicycle pedal, the cyclist's shoe (10) is formed with a pair of lugs (16, 17) that mate with receivers (28, 30, 100, 102) formed on a bicycle pedal (20, 28). The pedal may incorporate a counterweight (56) or be constructed to have a center of gravity below its axis (87) of rotation, thereby insuring that the pedal is normally disposed with the mating surface facing upwardly. The shoe is connected and disconnected to the pedal by a simple edgewise movement, with the connection being arranged to maintain the shoe in driving relation with the pedal when pedaling force is applied, yet easily disengagable. In an alternative construction, the male connecting lugs (62, 64) are formed on the pedal while the female receivers (72, 74) are formed on the shoe.
Inventors
- 👤 James J. Trindle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 08:03
CPC Classifications
A; A43; A43B; A43B5/00; A43B5/14; B; B62; B62M; B62M3/00; B62M3/08; B62M3/086
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
The combination of a bicycle pedal (82) and a shoe (10) comprising a bicycle pedal (82) rotatably connected to a pedal crank (26) and extending generally horizontally therefrom, said pedal including a shoe engaging member upwardly (80, 100, 102) facing when the pedal is normally disposed, the upper surface of said shoe engaging member being substantially below the pedal axis (87) of rotation when the pedal is normally disposed, a shoe (10) having a pedal engaging member (16) secured to and extending downwardly from said shoe, said pedal engaging member being designed to move laterally into engagement with the shoe engaging member on the pedal in a manner to enable rotational force to be applied through said shoe to said pedal through 360° of pedaling rotation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
The combination of a bicycle pedal (82) and a shoe (10) comprising a bicycle pedal (82) rotatably connected to a pedal crank (26) and extending generally horizontally therefrom, said pedal including a shoe engaging member upwardly (80, 100, 102) facing when the pedal is normally disposed, the upper surface of said shoe engaging member being substantially below the pedal axis (87) of rotation when the pedal is normally disposed, a shoe (10) having a pedal engaging member (16) secured to and extending downwardly from said shoe, said pedal engaging member being designed to move laterally into engagement with the shoe engaging member on the pedal in a manner to enable rotational force to be applied through said shoe to said pedal through 360° of pedaling rotation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The combination as recited in Claim 1 wherein said shoe engaging member comprises a rigid plate (80, 104) having at least one slot adapted to receive said pedal engaging member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The combination as recited in Claim 1, wherein said pedal (82) forms a box-like, hollow structure including said shoe engaging member (80), front and rear side walls (92) and a bottom wall (94).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The combination as recited in Claim 3, wherein said shoe engaging member includes at least one slot (88) adapted to receive said pedal engaging member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The combination as recited in Claim 4, wherein said slot (88a) extends substantially the distance between said side walls.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
The combination as recited in Claim 1, wherein said pedal (82) forms a four-sided structure, said structure including said shoe engaging member (80), front and rear side walls (92) and a bottom wall (94), said pedal engaging member including at least one lug (16) extending vertically therefrom and adapted to engage said shoe engaging member (80).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The combination as recited in Claim 1, wherein said pedal engaging member comprises at least one lug (16) extending from said shoe and adapted to engage said shoe engaging member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system as recited in Claim 1, wherein said shoe engaging member (80) is shaped to define a substantially concave upwardly facing arc.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The combination as recited in Claim 1, wherein said pedal engaging member (16, 17) is shaped to define a convex arc.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
76 words
The combination as recited in Claim 1, wherein said shoe engaging member (80) is formed to define an upwardly facing concave curve in the lateral direction on said pedal and said shoe engaging member (16, 17) is shaped to define a downwardly facing concave curve laterally to mate with said shoe engaging member on said pedal, such that the normal bicycle pedaling action produces lateral force components tending to maintain said shoe centrally on said pedal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
59 words
The combination as recited in Claim 1, wherein said pedal engaging member includes a pair of laterally-spaced male connectors (16, 17) mounted on a support plate and said shoe engaging member includes a pair of laterally-spaced female connectors (100, 102), mounted on said pedal, said laterally-spaced male connectors and said laterally-spaced female connectors being cooperative to laterally mate therebetween.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
121 words
The combination of a bicycle pedal (20, 60, 82), a shoe (10), and connector means (16, 17, 28, 30, 72, 74, 62, 64, 100, 102) formed on the pedal and shoe for releasably connecting the shoe to the pedal in a manner to enable rotational force to be applied through the shoe to the pedal through 360° of rotation, said connector means including interengaging connectors arranged such that the shoe may be connected to and disconnected from the pedal simply by moving the shoe relative to the pedal, but said connector means being arranged at an angle such that normal bike pedaling action will produce an edgewise force component, causing the shoe to be maintained in driving relation with the pedal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
121 words
The combination of a bicycle pedal (20, 60, 82), a shoe (10), and connector means (16, 17, 28, 30, 72, 74, 62, 64, 100, 102) formed on the pedal and shoe for releasably connecting the shoe to the pedal in a manner to enable rotational force to be applied through the shoe to the pedal through 360° of rotation, said connector means including interengaging connectors arranged such that the shoe may be connected to and disconnected from the pedal simply by moving the shoe relative to the pedal, but said connector means being arranged at an angle such that normal bike pedaling action will produce an edgewise force component, causing the shoe to be maintained in driving relation with the pedal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The combination of Claim 12 wherein the connectors include means that are connected and disconnected by substantially edgewise movement of the shoe realtive to the pedal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
74 words
The combination of Claim 12 wherein the connector means on the pedal are arranged to define an upwardly facing concave curve in the lateral direction on the pedal and the connector means on the shoe are arranged to define a downwardly facing concave curve laterally to mate with the concave connector means on the pedal so that the normal bike pedaling action produces lateral components tending to maintain the shoe centrally on the pedal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
47 words
The combination of Claims 12 or 14 wherein said connectors include a pair of laterally-spaced male connectors mounted on either the shoe or the pedal and a pair of laterally-spaced female connectors mounted on either the shoe or the pedal to laterally mate with the male connectors.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
60 words
The combination of Claims 12 or 14 wherein said connectors include a plate (14) imbedded in the sole (12) of said shoe (10) with a connector (16, 17, 72, 74) mounted on said plate, and said connector means further includes a connector mounted on said pedal (28, 30, 62, 64, 100, 102) to mate with the connector on the shoe.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
106 words
The combination of Claim 12 wherein said pedal includes a sleeve (22) rotatably mounted on a shaft (24), and said connectors include a pair of laterally-spaced connectors (28, 30, 62, 64) mounted on said sleeve, and further including a counter weight (56) attached to said sleeve and extending radially outwardly from the sleeve on a side opposite to that of the connectors on said sleeve so that when the shoe is not connected to the pedal, the sleeve will rotate, urged by said counterweight, to the position where the counterweight extends downwardly and the connectors on the sleeve extend upwardly for ready connection to the shoe.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
49 words
The combination of Claims 12 or 14 wherein said connector means include a connector on said shoe and a connector on said pedal with one of said connectors being laterally received in the other and one of said connectors including guide means for guiding the connectors into interengaging position.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
44 words
The combination of Claims 12 or 14 wherein said connectors include a pair of lugs (16, 17) laterally spaced and secured to the sole (12) of said shoe and said pedal includes a pair of laterally-spaced female connectors (28, 30) for receiving said lugs.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
45 words
The combination of Claims 12 or 14 wherein said connectors includes a pair of lugs (62, 64) laterally spaced and secured to said pedal, and a pair of laterally-spaced female connectors (72, 74) mounted on the sole (12) of the shoe for receiving the lugs.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
163 words
The combination of a bicycle pedal including a sleeve (22) rotatably mounted on a shaft (24), a pair of connectors (28, 30, 62, 64) laterally spaced and mounted on said sleeve, said connectors being oriented to define a substantially concave upwardly facing arc with the midpoint of the arc being between said connectors, a shoe (10) having a reinforcing support plate (14) imedded in the sole (12) of the shoe, a pair of laterally-spaced connectors (16, 17, 72, 74) secured to and extending downwardly from said plate, the connectors on the shoe being sized to move laterally into engagement with the connectors on the pedal in a manner to enable a rotational force to be applied through said shoe to said pedal through 360° of pedaling rotation, the connectors on said shoe being oriented to define a convex arc such that normal pedaling action on the pedal produces lateral forces urging said shoe to remain centered on the pedal with the connectors interengaged.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
163 words
The combination of a bicycle pedal including a sleeve (22) rotatably mounted on a shaft (24), a pair of connectors (28, 30, 62, 64) laterally spaced and mounted on said sleeve, said connectors being oriented to define a substantially concave upwardly facing arc with the midpoint of the arc being between said connectors, a shoe (10) having a reinforcing support plate (14) imedded in the sole (12) of the shoe, a pair of laterally-spaced connectors (16, 17, 72, 74) secured to and extending downwardly from said plate, the connectors on the shoe being sized to move laterally into engagement with the connectors on the pedal in a manner to enable a rotational force to be applied through said shoe to said pedal through 360° of pedaling rotation, the connectors on said shoe being oriented to define a convex arc such that normal pedaling action on the pedal produces lateral forces urging said shoe to remain centered on the pedal with the connectors interengaged.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
100 words
A method of making a releasable interengaging connection between a bicycle pedal and a shoe to be worn by the person pedaling the bicycle comprising mounting connector means (16, 17, 28, 30, 100, 102) on the pedal (20, 60, 82) and on the sole (12) of the shoe (10) that can be releasably connected and disconnected by substantially edgewise movement of the shoe relative to the pedal, but said mounting being at an angle such that the normal bike pedaling action will produce a lateral force component causing the shoe to be maintained in normal driving relation with the pedal.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
100 words
A method of making a releasable interengaging connection between a bicycle pedal and a shoe to be worn by the person pedaling the bicycle comprising mounting connector means (16, 17, 28, 30, 100, 102) on the pedal (20, 60, 82) and on the sole (12) of the shoe (10) that can be releasably connected and disconnected by substantially edgewise movement of the shoe relative to the pedal, but said mounting being at an angle such that the normal bike pedaling action will produce a lateral force component causing the shoe to be maintained in normal driving relation with the pedal.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method of Claim 21 wherein the connector means (16, 17, 72, 74) are mounted on the shoe to define a downwardly facing convex curve, and the connectors (28, 30, 62, 64, 100, 102) on the pedal are mounted to form an upwardly facing, concave curve which mates with the shoe curve such that normal pedaling action creates lateral forces tending to center laterally the shoe on said pedal.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
84 words
A bicycle pedal having a rotational axis (87) and an upwardly facing surface (80) to be engaged by a cyclist's shoe, said pedal having connector means (100, 102) formed in its upper surface to mate releasably with connector means (16, 17) on the cyclist's shoe so that rotational force may be applied through the shoe for 360° of rotation, the pedal upper surface (80) being located substantially below the pedal rotational axis (87) when the pedal is normally disposed with said surface facing upwardly.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
84 words
A bicycle pedal having a rotational axis (87) and an upwardly facing surface (80) to be engaged by a cyclist's shoe, said pedal having connector means (100, 102) formed in its upper surface to mate releasably with connector means (16, 17) on the cyclist's shoe so that rotational force may be applied through the shoe for 360° of rotation, the pedal upper surface (80) being located substantially below the pedal rotational axis (87) when the pedal is normally disposed with said surface facing upwardly.
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