Patent ID: 6837128

Claim:
Safety pedal for bicycles, comprising: a toe element for receiving a front end of a cleat fastened to a sole of a shoe and a rear fastening device for engaging a rear end of the cleat when the rear end of the cleat is pressed over said rear fastening device and for releasing the cleat when the rear end of the cleat is rotated in a general plane of the pedal so the rear end of the cleat is moved laterally, said pedal comprising inward and outward edges and a cleat contact surface including unidirectional means for opposing rotation of the cleat, and for lifting a side of the cleat adjacent to the outward side of the pedal when the rear end of the cleat is moved laterally toward the outward side of the pedal; wherein a stop is defined by a projection integral with a metal plate fastened to the pedal defining the cleat contact surface, and wherein the stop comprises a stopping surface that is perpendicular to the cleat contact surface and to the axis of the pedal.