Device allowing a safety connection between the pedal of a bicycle and the shoe worn by the cyclist
OwnerJacques Lotteau, Jacques Bruker +1inventors
InventorsJacques Lotteau, Jacques Bruker, Charles Freche
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Abstract
A device for providing a positive pushing or pulling connection between a bicycle pedal and the shoe worn by the cyclist, which includes a cylindrically projecting assembly to be attached to the pedal and a cylindrically recessed assembly to be fitted into the sole of the shoe. The recessed assembly is provided with radially inwardly directed lugs which can be received into a series of peripheral L-shaped slots in the assembly attached to the pedal so that by partial rotation of the foot a bayonet-type connection is made between the cyclist shoe and the pedal.
Claims6
A device for providing a positive pushing or pulling connection between a bicycle pedal and the shoe worn by the cyclist, said device comprising
- a cylindrical block
- a plate for supporting said cylindrical block with its cylindrical surface and one end surface exposed
- means for removably connecting said support plate to the pedal
- an open ended cylindrical housing adapted to axially receive said cylindrical block, said housing being disposed in the thickness of the sole of the cyclist's shoe,
- radially inwardly extending lugs fast with the internal wall of said housing
- circumferentially arranged recesses provided on the exposed surfaces of said block and adapted to axially receive said lugs, said recesses being L shaped in radial cross section to provide a bayonet type locking engagement when the lugs are angularly displaced after being axially received.
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