Patent ID: 7343702

Claim:
A bicycle shoe comprising: a shoe sole, a coupler member attached to bottom of said shoe sole, and including a front portion and a rear portion, a protective device attached to said coupling member, for contacting with ground, and for preventing said coupler member from being directly contacted with said ground, and for preventing said coupler member from being worn out, said protective device including a front portion and a rear portion each having a lock notch formed therein, and including a chamber formed in said protective device for receiving said coupler member therein, and including an anchoring flange extended into said chamber from said front portion and said rear portion of said protective device to form said lock notches in said protective device, said front portion and said rear portion of said coupler member being engageable into said lock notches of said protective device for attaching and coupling said protective device to said coupler member, said protective device including a slot formed in each of said anchoring flanges thereof, to increase a resilience of said anchoring flanges, and to allow said front portion and said rear portion of said coupling member to easily engage into said lock notches of said protective device respectively and said protective device including a retaining member provided therein for selectively engaging with said coupling member which is not able to engage with said lock notch provided in said protective device.