Method of fabricating a cliples bicycle pedal

A clipless mechanism of a four-sided clipless bicycle pedal for mating with a rider's shoe cleat on any of four orthogonal pedal positions;

• the mechanism being the product of a process comprising the steps of:
• stamping flat inner and outer wing members, each such member having a pair of annular portions with respective spindle holes therethrough;
• bending each such wing member into a substantially rectangular configuration with said respective spindle holes being coaxial with one another;
• welding respective mating surfaces of each of said bent wing members to secure each wing member in its respective rectangular configuration;
• placing said inner wing member and said outer wing member with respective spindle holes aligned along a common axis and respective rectangular configurations being substantially orthogonal to each other;
• and
• securing said inner and outer wing members to one another in resistive moveable nested relation about said common axis by installing within said rectangular configurations a helical spring having opposed ends engaging said wing members.

A method of fabricating a clipless mechanism of a four-sided clipless bicycle pedal for mating with a riders shoe cleat on any of four orthogonal pedal positions;

• the method comprising the steps of:
• stamping inner and outer wing members;
• bending said wing members into respective circuitous configurations;
• welding said wing members in their circuitous configurations;
• placing said bent and welded wing members in a mutual orthogonal relation;
• and
• securing said inner and outer wing members to one another in resistive moveable relation.

A method of fabricating a clipless mechanism of a device for mating with a user's shoe cleat on any of a plurality of orthogonal positions;

• the method comprising the steps of:
• stamping out two cleat engaging members of substantially elongated configuration;
• bending said cleat engaging members into two respective substantially circuitous members and welding them closed;
• placing said circuitous members into a juxtaposed orthogonal relationship about a common axis of rotation;
• and
• securing said circuitous members into said orthogonal relationship allowing a limited resistive relative movement therebetween about said axis.