| US 7,503,133 B2 | ||
| Bicycle pedal assembly | ||
| Tsutomu Muraoka, Sakai (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Shimano Inc., Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 18, 2008, as Appl. No. 11/281,368. | ||
| Application 11/281368 is a division of application No. 10/712256, filed on Nov. 14, 2003, granted, now 7,013,755. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0075664 A1, Apr. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43B 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 36—131 | 13 Claims |
| 1. A bicycle shoe cleat comprising:
an attachment portion having a front end, a rear end, an upper sole side facing in a first direction and a lower pedal side
facing in a second direction which is substantially opposite to the first direction;
a front coupling portion extending from the front end, the front coupling portion having a front coupling surface facing in
the first direction and a front stop surface facing in a forward direction; and
a rear coupling portion extending from the rear end, the rear coupling portion having a rear coupling surface facing in the
first direction and a rear stop surface facing in a rearward direction with a low force rear corner abutment formed at one
lateral end of the rear stop surface and a high force rear corner abutment formed at the other lateral end of the rear stop
surface,
the front and rear coupling portions being configured to define a pivot axis of the cleat with the high force rear corner
abutment being spaced farther from a centerline of the cleat that includes the pivot axis of the cleat than the low force
rear corner abutment.
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