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US 8,474,145 B2Granted
Locking element adjustment system for cycle shoes
AssigneeRTI Sports Vertrieb von Sportartikeln GmbH
InventorsKim Tofaute, Peter Ejvinsson, Frederik Ericsson
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Abstract
A locking element adjustment system for cycle shoes has a base element and a receiving element. The receiving element serves for the positionally exact arrangement of the locking element in relation to the base element. Adjusting elements are provided on the base element.
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A locking element adjustment system for a cycle shoe, comprising:
- a base element,
- a receiving element adapted to be oriented relative to the base element, for positionally precise arrangement of the locking element relative to the base element, and
- adjusting elements provided on the base element,
- wherein the base element and the receiving element are connected in one piece, and
- wherein the adjusting elements comprise a plurality of crank lines arranged at different distances to the receiving element, said crank lines indicating the distance between the receiving element and a pedal crank.
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A locking element adjustment system for a cycle shoe, comprising:
- a base element,
- a shoe receiving element fixedly connected to the base element, and
- lateral adjusting elements provided on the base element, the adjusting elements comprising a plurality of crank lines arranged at different lateral distances to the shoe receiving element, said crank lines indicating the distance between the receiving element and a pedal crank.
A method for positionally accurate placement of a locking element on a shoe sole of a cycle shoe, comprising:
- placing a foot of a user in the cycle shoe,
- marking a base joint of the user's big toe on the cycle shoe,
- loosely attaching the locking element to the shoe sole,
- inserting the locking element into an opening of a base element,
- shifting the cycle shoe in a first direction until the marking of the base joint of the big toe is in alignment with a pedal line on the base element,
- placing the base element onto the pedal such that a locking-element receiving element of the pedal is arranged within the opening of the base element and displacing the cycle shoe laterally to a pedal-specific marking on the base element,
- rotating a heel element of the shoe so that a center of the heel element is arranged above a longitudinal symmetry line on the base element, and
- securing the locking element in position on the cycle shoe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.