Patent ID: 7430941
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bicycle pedal comprising: a pedal shaft having a first end adapted to be coupled to a bicycle crank and a second end with a center rotation axis extending between said first and second ends; a pedal body rotatably coupled to said second end of said pedal shaft about said center rotation axis of said pedal shaft, said pedal body having a front end and a rear end with said front end of said pedal body being configured and arranged to include a sole guide portion that assists in rotating said pedal body about said pedal shaft, said sole guide portion including a pair of laterally spaced projections extending from a forwardly facing convex tip surface of said pedal body, each of said laterally spaced projections being attached to said forwardly facing convex tip surface at one end and extending forwardly to a free end in a cantilevered arrangement disposed between an upper edge and a lower edge of said forwardly facing convex tip surface; and a cleat engagement mechanism coupled to an upper surface of said pedal body and arranged to move between a clamping position and a release position, said cleat engagement mechanism including a front clamping member having a downwardly facing front cleat engagement surface non-movably fixed to said front end of said pedal body and a rear clamping member movably coupled to said rear end of said pedal body, said forwardly facing convex tip surface of said pedal body having a convex shape as viewed in a direction perpendicular to said downwardly facing front cleat engagement surface.