Patent ID: 7322259

Claim:
A safety cycle pedal including a pedal body mounted to rotate about a pedal spindle, said safety cycle pedal comprising: a first rear hoop comprising a first rear attachment bar situated behind the pedal spindle and substantially parallel to the pedal spindle, the first rear hoop being articulated about a first hoop spindle mounted in bearings of the pedal body, a first front hoop comprising a first front attachment bar situated in front of the pedal spindle and substantially parallel to the pedal spindle, the first front hoop being articulated about a second hoop spindle, and the first front hoop comprising at least one lug projecting to an inside of the first front hoop from a leg which is substantially orthogonal to the first front attachment bar, said at least one lug projecting substantially halfway between a hole for a passage of the second hoop spindle and the first front attachment bar, elastic means urging the first rear hoop and the first front hoop toward a rest position in which a mid-plane of the first front hoop and a mid-plane of the first rear hoop are substantially orthogonal to a mid-plane of the pedal passing through a geometric axis of the pedal, wherein: the front and rear attachment bars are situated above the pedal body and are able to be moved apart in order to allow the passage and attachment of a cleat fixed under a sole of a cycle shoe in a housing of the sole, at least one edge of which is limited by a stud whose thickness is greater than a thickness of the cleat; the second hoop spindle is situated below said mid-plane of the pedal, on an opposite side to the front attachment bar; and a front upper part of the pedal body is limited by a front face inclined downward toward a front of the pedal, allowing an angular range for clicking the cleat in the pedal.