Patent ID: 6112620
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
A bicycle pedal assembly adapted to be mounted on a bicycle pedal shaft and adapted to engage a cleat unit which has forward and rearward end and which is fixed to a bottom surface of a sole of a cyclist's show, the bicycle pedal assembly comprising:a one-piece pedal body includinga tubular portion adapted to be mounted rotatably on the bicycle pedal shaft around a first axis, and having front and rear end walls in a longitudinal direction parallel to said first axis;right and left pairs of front and rear lateral walls extending respectively from said front and rear end walls rightward and leftward in a first transverse direction relative to said longitudinal direction to form rightmost and leftmost pairs of front and rear end portions, respectively, each of said lateral walls having upper and lower surfaces opposite to each other in a transverse direction relative to both said first transverse and longitudinal directions;two forward anchor members respectively mounted between said rightmost front and rear end portions in said longitudinal direction and proximate to said upper surfaces thereof, and between said leftmost front and rear end portions in said longitudinal direction and proximate to said lower surfaces thereof, such that said forward anchor members are in symmetry relative to said first axis;two rearward anchor members respectively mounted between said leftmost front and rear end portions in said longitudinal direction and proximate to said upper surfaces thereof, and between said rightmost front and rear end portions in said longitudinal direction and proximate to said lower surfaces thereof, such that said rearward anchor members are in symmetry relative to said first axis, each of said rearward anchor members including a grip portion disposed to be brought toward a respective one of said forward anchor members and adapted to clamp the cleat unit in said first transverse direction in cooperation with the respective one of said forward anchor members; anda pair of biasing members respectively disposed to bias said rearward anchor members so as to urge said grip portions thereof to move toward said forward anchor members, respectively, wherein said forward anchor members respectively having two lug portions extending n said longitudinal direction and mounted securely onto one of said upper and lower surfaces of a respective one of said rightmost and leftmost pairs of said front and rear end portions, and an intermediate portion interposed there between and projecting uprightly therefrom to an elevation beyond said one of said upper and lower surfaces so as to confine an accommodating space adapted to be inserted and anchored therein by the forward end of the cleat unit.