Patent ID: 6722229
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
A bicycle pedal assembly comprising:a bicycle pedal including 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 longitudinally spaced from said front end with a first cleat stop surface located between said center rotation axis and said front end, a front clamping member coupled to said front end of said pedal body, said front clamping member having a front pedal control surface facing in a rearward direction and a front cleat engagement surface, and a rear clamping member movably coupled to said rear end of said pedal body to move rearwardly between a clamping position and a release position; and a bicycle shoe cleat configured to selectively engage said pedal body via said front and rear clamping members, said bicycle shoe cleat including a front attachment portion configured to selectively engage said front clamping member, a rear attachment portion configured to selectively engage said rear clamping member, and a connecting portion extending between said front and rear attachment portions, said connecting portion having a second cleat stop surface arranged and configured relative to said first cleat stop surface to engage said first cleat stop surface after a predetermined amount of rearward movement of said bicycle shoe cleat relative to said pedal body to prevent further relative movement between said bicycle shoe cleat and said pedal body when said front and rear clamping members are engaged with said front and rear attachment portions, respectively, said connecting portion and said front clamping member being arranged and configured such that a plane that is parallel to said front cleat engagement surface passes through said first and second cleat stop surfaces and said front pedal control surface.