Bicycle cleat positioining device
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorsTatsushi Okamoto, Junichi Kikuta, Tomohiro Nagata
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Abstract
A bicycle cleat positioning device includes a shoe holder, a cleat holder, and an attachment portion. A bicycle shoe is mounted to the shoe holder. The cleat holder is adjustably arranged relative to the shoe holder. The attachment portion supports the cleat holder relative to the shoe holder. The cleat holder is detachably and rotatable mounted to the attachment portion.
Claims23
A bicycle cleat positioning device configured to adjust a position of a cleat with respect to a bicycle shoe, the bicycle cleat positioning device comprising:
- a shoe holder configured to support the bicycle shoe such that the bicycle shoe can be mounted to the shoe holder;
- a cleat holder adjustably arranged relative to the shoe holder, and including a cleat holding aperture configured to hold the cleat;
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- an attachment portion supporting the cleat holder relative to the shoe holder, the cleat holder including a cylindrical part configured to rotatably slide along the attachment portion, the cleat holding aperture having a shape corresponding to an outline of the cleat,
- the cleat holder being detachably and rotatably mounted to the attachment portion to rotate about a rotational axis of the cleat holder, the rotational axis passing through the cleat holding aperture.
A bicycle cleat positioning device configured to adjust a position of a cleat with respect to a bicycle shoe, the bicycle cleat positioning device comprising:
- a shoe holder configured to support the bicycle shoe such that the bicycle shoe can be mounted to the shoe holder, the shoe holder including
- a heel part having a heel holding face, and
- a toe part having a toe holding face with the toe holding face of the toe part facing away from the heel holding face of the heel part;
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- a cleat holder adjustably arranged relative to the shoe holder, the cleat holder being detachably and rotatably mounted to an attachment portion to rotate about a rotational axis of the cleat holder, and the cleat holder including a cleat holding aperture configured to hold the cleat and a cylindrical part configured to rotatable slide along the attachment portion, the cleat holding aperture having a shape corresponding to an outline of the cleat,
- the heel part of the shoe holder and the toe part of the shoe holder being configured to be disposed within a bicycle shoe while the bicycle shoe is mounted to the shoe holder, the rotational axis passing through the cleat holding aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.