Patent ID: 6845688

Claim:
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, a front clamping member coupled to said front end of said pedal body, 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 front and rear clamping members and said front and rear attachment portions being configured relative to one another to form a laterally shiftable floating pivot axis that is substantially perpendicular to said center rotation axis when said front and rear clamping members are engaged with said front and rear attachment portions, respectively, such that said bicycle shoe cleat pivots about said floating pivot axis relative to said pedal body through a predetermined ranges of pivotal movements without interfering with said rear clamping member of said bicycle pedal, and said bicycle shoe cleat laterally shifts relative to said pedal body through a predetermined range of lateral movement to laterally shift said floating pivot axis without releasing said bicycle shoe cleat from said bicycle pedal.