Machine element or mechanism – Elements – Cranks and pedals
Patent
1990-02-28
1991-09-17
Lindsey, Rodney M.
Machine element or mechanism
Elements
Cranks and pedals
G05G 114
Patent
active
050483692
ABSTRACT:
A clipless pedal is disclosed herein which includes a mounting support fixed to a shoe sole and a pedal body which is rotatably mountable to a conventional pedal shaft for retaining the mounting support. The pedal body has a pair of rear jaw members which revertably engage the pedal body. The pedal body, mounting support and rear jaw members all have surfaces shaped in such a manner to ensure the mounting support is rotatable and can push the rear jaw members to allow a lateral disengagement of the mounting support from the pedal body. The rear jaw members are each coupled to the pedal body by a screw member which passes through the jaw member into a respective slot in a V-shaped groove formed in the pedal body. A spring member circumvents the screw member for revertable force against the jaw. The slots are preferably of different lengths so that one jaw member can move a greater distance than the other whereby sufficient rotation for lateral disengagement is more readily attained when rotation is of the cyclist's heel in the outward direction rather than the inward direction.
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patent: 4488453 (1984-12-01), Drugeon et al.
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patent: 4893420 (1990-01-01), Bezin et al.
patent: 4928549 (1990-05-01), Nagano
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