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US 10,206,451 B2Granted
Cycling shoe
AssigneeSpecialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
InventorsCarl Darius Bird, Robert A. L. Cook
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Abstract
A clipless cycling shoe having an upper and a base plate. The base plate has a medial portion, a lateral portion and a medial sidewall. The medial portion has a rigid support structure having a top portion and a bottom portion, a cavity is formed between the top portion and bottom portion, wherein the cavity is filled with a core material. The lateral portion has a lateral plate. The medial sidewall wrap is adjacent the medial portion and extends outward and upward relative to the base plate and the medial sidewall wrap extends a portion of the length of the base plate. The medial portion is desirably thicker than the lateral portion.
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A clipless cycling shoe comprising:
- an upper;
- and
- a base plate comprising a medial sidewall, a medial portion, a lateral portion, and a lateral edge,
- the medial portion having a rigid support structure having a top portion, a bottom portion, a medial side end, and a lateral side end, wherein the top portion and bottom portion merge at the medial side end and at the lateral side end, a cavity is formed between the top portion, the bottom portion, the medial side end, and the lateral side end, wherein the cavity is filled with a core material, the medial portion extending from the lateral portion at the lateral side end to the medial side end,
- the lateral portion extending outward from the lateral side end of the medial portion to the lateral edge of the base plate,
- a medial sidewall adjacent the medial portion that extends upward from the medial portion, the medial sidewall extends longitudinally along the portion of the length of the base plate, the medial sidewall extending from the medial side end of the medial portion of the base plate;
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- wherein a top surface of the base plate is defined by the medial portion and the lateral portion, the top surface of the base plate extending from the medial side end of the medial portion to the lateral edge of the base plate, wherein the top surface is substantially flat, the portion of the top surface defined by the medial portion of the top surface is substantially flat and the portion of the top surface defined by the lateral portion is substantially flat with the exception of a portion of the top surface defined by the lateral edge of the lateral portion that rotates upward, and wherein the medial portion is thicker than the lateral portion.
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A clipless cycling shoe comprising:
- an upper;
- and
- a base plate comprising a medial portion, a lateral portion, and a lateral edge,
- a width of the base plate divided between the lateral portion and the medial portion,
- the medial portion of the base plate has a rigid support structure having a top portion, a bottom portion, a medial side end, and a lateral side end, wherein the top portion and bottom portion merge at the medial side end and at the lateral side end, a cavity is formed between the top portion, the bottom portion, the medial side end, and the lateral side end, a core material substantially fills the cavity, the medial portion extending from the lateral portion at the lateral side end to the medial side end, and
- the lateral portion extending outward from the lateral side end of the medial portion to the lateral edge of the base plate,
- wherein a top surface of the base plate is defined by the medial portion and the lateral portion, the top surface of the base plate extending from the medial side end of the medial portion to the lateral edge of the base plate, wherein the top surface is substantially flat, the portion of the top surface defined by the medial portion of the top surface is substantially flat and the portion of the top surface defined by the lateral portion is substantially flat with the exception of a portion of the top surface defined by the lateral edge of the lateral portion that rotates upward.
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A clipless cycling shoe comprising:
- an upper;
- a base plate comprising a medial portion, a lateral portion, and a lateral edge,
- the medial portion of the base plate has a rigid support structure having a top portion, a bottom portion, a medial side end, and a lateral side end, wherein the top portion and bottom portion merge at the medial side end and at the lateral side end, a cavity is formed between the top portion, the bottom portion, the medial side end, and the lateral side end, a core material substantially fills the cavity, the medial portion extending from the lateral portion at the lateral side end to the medial side end;
- the lateral portion extending outward from the lateral side end of the medial portion to the lateral edge of the base plate;
- and
- a width of the base plate divided between the medial portion and the lateral portion, wherein at a first cross-section of the base plate a width of the medial portion relative to a width of the lateral portion is 3:1.
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