Retractable cleat protector for cleated bicycle shoes
OwnerStephen Opie, Jimmy Tsen +1inventors
InventorsStephen Opie, Jimmy Tsen, Marianne Kay
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OwnerStephen Opie, Jimmy Tsen +1inventors
InventorsStephen Opie, Jimmy Tsen, Marianne Kay
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A retractable cleat protector for cleated bicycle shoes. It has a cleat protector body with a lower ground facing surface, and an upper cleat facing surface having recesses formed therein for engaging with a cleat. A cleat retention loop of flexible and elastic material is connected to the cleat protector body for retaining the cleat protector to the bottom of a cleated bicycle shoe. A mode selection loop of flexible and elastic material is connected to the cleat protector body for selectively retaining the cleat protector body in a first orientation wherein the cleat protector body covers a cleat on a bottom of a cleated bicycle shoe, and a second orientation wherein the cleat protector body is retained away from the cleat on the bottom of a cleated bicycle shoe.
A retractable cleat protector for cleated bicycle shoes, comprising:
A retractable cleat protector for cleated bicycle shoes, comprising:
The retractable cleat protector of claim 17, wherein the cleat protector body has an upper cleat facing surface with a lower ridge with an elongate recess formed therein for engagement of a wider end of the bicycle shoe cleat, and an upper cupped portion with a recesses formed therein at an upper end of the cleat protector body which is engaged with an upper end of the bicycle shoe cleat.
A retractable cleat protector for bicycle shoes having a cleat fixed to its sole, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.