Patent ID: 7204789

Claim:
A pedal device for connecting a bicycle shoe to a cycling apparatus, said pedal device comprising: a shaft including a first end adapted for perpendicular attachment to a crank arm of a cycling apparatus; a barrel having an elongated bore formed therein for receiving and engaging onto the shaft; a fixed seat provided on one end of the barrel wherein the fixed seat includes an enlarged head with a plurality of identical recesses formed therein, a movable seat slidably attached onto said barrel and slidable relative to said fixed seat wherein the movable seat also includes an enlarged head with a plurality of identical recesses formed therein and facing toward the recesses of the fixed seat; a means for biasing the movable seat to move towards the fixed seat on the barrel; and an attachment adapted to be attached to a bicycle shoe wherein the attachment includes two end catches for selectively engaging with the recesses of the fixed and movable seats thereby selectively anchoring and positioning said bicycle shoe to said fixed and movable seats of the pedal device, the movable seat being movable away from the fixed seat against the biasing means by the attachment before the end catches are engaged with the recesses of the fixed and movable seats, the barrel includes a non-circular peripheral segment provided thereon and the movable seat includes a non-circular opening formed therein such that the movable seat can be selectively engaged and anchored to the barrel.