Patent ID: 6851189
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating a clipless mechanism of a four-sided clipless bicycle pedal for mating with a rider's shoe cleat on any of four orthogonal pedal positions; the method comprising the steps of: stamping flat inner and outer wing members, each such member having a pair of annular portions with respective spindle holes therethrough; bending each such wing member into a substantially rectangular configuration with said respective spindle holes being coaxial with one another; welding respective mating surfaces of each of said bent wing members to secure each wing member in its respective rectangular configuration; placing said inner wing member and said outer wing member with respective spindle holes aligned along a common axis and respective rectangular configurations being substantially orthogonal to each other; and securing said inner and outer wing members to one another in resistive moveable nested relation about said common axis by installing within said rectangular configurations a helical spring having opposed ends engaging said wing members.