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US 8,984,759 B2Granted
Bicycle cleat positioning kit and bicycle cleat positioning method
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsToshiaki Aoki, Junichi Kikuta
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Abstract
A bicycle cleat positioning kit includes a foot locating instrument and a foot measuring instrument. The foot locating instrument includes a foot support surface. The foot measuring instrument includes a foot reference indicator indicative of a foot reference location and a cleat attachment indicator indicative of a cleat attachment location relative to the foot reference indicator.
Claims31
A bicycle cleat positioning kit comprising:
- a foot locating instrument including a foot support surface configured and dimensioned for tracing a person's foot;
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- a foot measuring instrument including a transparent sheet member having a foot reference indicator indicative of a foot reference location and a cleat attachment indicator indicative of a cleat attachment location relative to the foot reference indicator, the foot reference indicator and the cleat attachment indicator of the transparent sheet member being configured to be movably disposed on the foot locating instrument to locate the cleat attachment indicator relative to the tracing of the person's foot, the cleat attachment indicator including at least one reference aperture indicative of a cleat attachment hole for attaching the cleat to a bicycle shoe.
A bicycle cleat positioning kit comprising:
- a foot locating instrument including a foot support surface;
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- a foot measuring instrument including a foot reference indicator indicative of a foot reference location and a cleat attachment indicator indicative of a cleat attachment location that is a reference location for setting a bicycle cleat relative to the foot reference indicator, the foot locating instrument and the foot measuring instrument being configured to provide parameter values to determine cleat setting locations on a bicycle shoe sole.
A bicycle cleat positioning kit comprising:
- a foot locating instrument including a foot support surface having a crank arm reference indicator;
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- a foot measuring instrument including a foot reference indicator indicative of a foot reference location, a cleat attachment indicator indicative of a cleat attachment location relative to the foot reference indicator, and an angular displacement indicator arranged to measure an angular displacement of a center axis of a person's foot on the foot support surface with respect to the crank arm reference indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.