Reflective, rat-trap bicycle pedal

A rat-trap reflector pedal comprising:

• a. a rectangular pedal frame defined by an inner end plate, an outer end plate and a pair of elongate, laterally spaced side legs each being integral with said outer end plate, wherein each side leg includes a pair of vertically spaced parallel, substantially straight, upper and lower edges, and wherein an elongate aperture is provided in each side leg intermediate the upper and lower edges thereof;
• b. a pair of reflectors having a reflective surface disposed within the aperture of each of said legs;
• c. a pair of combination rat-trap-tread and reflector retainer members secured to said side legs, wherein each member includes a pair of spaced, parallel serrated upper and lower foot supporting edges, and wherein the spacing between the serrated edges of said member is greater than the spacing between the upper and lower edges of the side legs of the pedal frame, said members each having defined therein an intermediate, recessed area located thereon to correspond to said side leg aperture when said reflector is received within said aperture;
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• d. means securing said members one each to the inner surface of the side legs of the pedal frame with the serrated upper and lower edges projecting outwardly beyond the respective upper and lower edges of the side leg of the pedal frame thereby defining a rat-trap-tread, and with the recessed area of said members housing and fixedly mounting the reflectors relative to the apertures of their respective side legs, whereby the pedal frame may be made with a bright finish, and the combined reflector-retainer and rat-trap-tread members separately finished as desired for attachment to the pedal frame.

A rat-trap pedal comprising:

• a pedal frame being laterally spaced side legs each having parallel, straight, upper and lower outer edges;
• a pair of separate rat-trap-tread-defining members each of which comprise an elongate, rigid member having parallel, serrated upper and lower outer edges, wherein the spacing between the upper and lower serrated edges exceeds the spacing between the upper and lower edges of the side legs of the pedal frame;
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• means securing said members to the side legs of the pedal frame with the serrated edges of said members projecting outwardly beyond the outer edges of the side legs of the pedal frame, thereby defining a rat-trap-tread, whereby the pedal frame may be made with a bright finish, and the rat-trap-tread-defining members separately finished as desired for attachment to the pedal frame.