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US 4,302,987 AGranted
Pedal for bicycle
AssigneeShimano Industrial Company Limited
InventorNobumi Takeda
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Abstract
A pedal for bicycle adapted to support a toe clip, having a shoe placing portion thereon, near the front treadle face of a pedal body. The pedal body is provided, on its top face, with a front treadle face and a rear treadle face. An engaging and disengaging means is provided on this toe clip to allow the shoe placing portion to enter and leave the front treadle face of the pedal body.
Claims2
A pedal for a bicycle comprising:
- a pedal shaft;
- a pedal body supported on said pedal shaft, said pedal body being provided on its top face with a front treadle face and a rear treadle face, said rear treadle face having a through hole for accommodating a toe clip;
- and a toe clip pivotally supported to said pedal body by a pivotal shaft on an inner side of the front treadle face extending in the same direction as that of the pedal shaft, said toe clip having an upwardly rising shoe placing portion, said shoe placing portion coming into contact against an inner wall of the through hole when said toe clip is pivoted into said through hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.