Patent ID: 9656720
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B62M,Y10T

Claim:
1. A bicycle pedal comprising: a pedal shaft; a pedal body having a first end and a second end, with the pedal shaft being rotatably coupled to the pedal body; a front cleat retainer disposed on the first end of the pedal body, the front cleat retainer having a downwardly facing first cleat retaining surface and a forward cleat stopping point facing towards the second end of the pedal body; a rear cleat retainer having a mounting flange and a rear clamping portion, the mounting flange being pivotally coupled to the second end of the pedal body by a pivot pin for pivotal movement about a rear pivot axis defined by the pivot pin, the pivot pin extending through the mounting flange and through the second end of the pedal body, the rear clamping portion having a downwardly facing second cleat retaining surface and a rear cleat step-in point facing away from the pedal body, the mounting flange and the rear clamping portion being free of any pivot points therebetween; and a rear biasing element operatively disposed between the pedal body and the rear cleat retainer to bias the rear clamping portion to a first position, the forward cleat stopping point, the rear pivot axis and the rear cleat step-in point are arranged to define a triangle with a first side of the triangle interconnecting the forward cleat stopping point and the rear cleat step-in point, a second side of the triangle interconnecting the rear cleat step-in point and the rear pivot axis, and a third side of the triangle interconnecting the forward cleat stopping point and the rear pivot axis, with the triangle having an interior angle between the first and second sides of the triangle with the rear clamping portion in the first position, the interior angle being within the range of 52 degrees and 72 degrees.