Cycling shoe
AssigneeSpecialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
InventorsRobert A.L. Cook, Carl Darius Bird
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Abstract
A cycling shoe can include a hook, or other device on the shoe which can be used together with another device, such as with a rubber band, to position the shoes on a bicycle in a desired position. The shoes can be clipped into pedals on the bicycle, and the hook and rubber band can be used to position the shoes and crank arms of the bicycle in the position desired by the user. The hook can be on the arch side of the shoe. The hook can be separate from the tightening system.
Claims17
A clipless cycling shoe for use in a multi-sport event comprising:
- an arch side;
- an outer side;
- a tightening system configured for bringing the arch side of the shoe in closer proximity to the outer side of the shoe by tightening the shoe around a foot of the user, the tightening system not including laces for tying in a knot;
- and
- a single hook on the arch side of the shoe, the hook being separate from and spaced from the tightening system, the hook configured to engage a rubber band attached to a bicycle, the rubber band being separate from the tightening system.
A method of positioning a pair of clipless cycling shoes on a bicycle comprising:
- clipping in a first cleat of a first clipless cycling shoe into a first pedal;
- clipping in a second cleat of a second clipless cycling shoe into a second pedal;
- securing a rubber band to the bicycle;
- and
- engaging a hook positioned on an arch side of the first clipless cycling shoe with the rubber band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.