Patent ID: 7240587

Claim:
An assembly of a bicycle pedal with a safety binding and a cleat, the pedal comprising a body mounted to rotate on a spindle and comprising, on at least one face of the body: a plateau above the spindle; a frontal stop means extending parallel to a geometric axis of the pedal and situated to the rear of said geometric axis, said frontal stop means being arranged to collaborate with a frontal stop surface of the cleat with lateral freedom, wherein said frontal stop means and said frontal stop surface are slidable relative to one another in a direction perpendicular to the plateau without catching; and a rear holding means mounted to move on the pedal, said rear holding means being applicable against a rear of the cleat by an elastic return means, said rear holding means comprising an upward retaining means arranged to catch on a mating element on the cleat, said cleat being clippable into the pedal by pressure from a foot on the plateau and said cleat being unclippable from the pedal by twisting of the foot relative to the pedal about a point situated behind the geometric axis, wherein: the pedal body comprises, behind the rear holding means, a rear bearing region for the sole of a shoe equipped with the cleat; the pedal comprises two recesses located behind the geometric axis and behind the plateau, wherein a first one of said two recesses is located on a first side of said pedal and a second one of said two recesses is located on a second side of said pedal opposite said first side; and the cleat is secured at an upper part thereof to a mounting plate that is capable of taking practically the entire pedal, said mounting plate being equipped, toward a rear thereof, with two crampons made of plastic or elastomeric material, wherein a first one of said two crampons is located on a first side of said mounting plate and a second one of said two crampons is located on a second side of said mounting plate, and wherein each of said two crampons is arranged to pass through a corresponding one of said two recesses during a twisting movement for unclipping said cleat.