Pedal Or Toe Clip Patents (Class D12/125)
  • Patent number: 6612201
    Abstract: A bicycle pedal assembly includes a pedal body and a plurality of anti-slip members. The pedal body includes a longitudinal tubular portion and left and right lateral walls having distal parts formed with a respective recess. The recess has a bottom formed with an internally threaded fastener hole. Each anti-slip member includes a screw having a shank that threadedly engages the fastener hole in the recess in the distal part of one of the lateral walls, and an anti-slip block having an anchoring portion secured to a head of the screw, and a contact portion that projects upwardly relative to the top side of the left and right lateral walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventor: Chung-I Chen
  • Patent number: 6227072
    Abstract: A bicycle pedal is described that is more easy to engage and disengage and that has a hollowed out central section to prevent debris build-up. The bicycle pedal has a pedal body rotatably supported by a pedal shaft wherein the pedal body has planar pedal surfaces and a pivotable clamp member generally perpendicular to the surfaces of the pedal wherein the clamp member comprises a central contact surface and a clamp located at a lengthwise end of the clamp member. The clamp member extends out from a surface plane of the pedal for clamping to a cleat and the clamp also has a slideable guided surface acting in an arc-like way to perform a jaw-like movement. The bicycle pedal also has an urging device disposed against the clamp member such that it contacts a central contact surface of the clamp member and urges the clamp member inwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Ritchey Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Ritchey, Johannes Schneeberger
  • Patent number: 6128973
    Abstract: A bicycle pedal system with adaptable pedal thread surfaces includes a pedal (3) having a first tread surface (4) and an adapter (5) attachable to the first tread surface. The adapter defines a second tread surface (7) opposite to a surface thereof facing the first tread surface when the adapter is attached to the first tread surface. The first and second tread surfaces provide different use modes. The first tread surface (4) includes a cleat engaging device (4a) for engaging a cleat, and the second tread surface (7) defines an antislip device (16) suited to treading by a shoe. In an alternative pedal system, the first tread surface (14) defines an antislip device (16) suited to treading by a shoe, and the second tread surface (19) includes a cleat engaging device (20, 21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi Nagano
  • Patent number: 6085614
    Abstract: A pedal for a racing bicycle in which a coupling structure is provided for enabling a pedal body to be coupled to a cage and turned about a shaft within a limited angle relative to the cage, wherein the coupling structure includes an end cap mounted in a stepped hole in the cage and engaged into locating grooves at the pedal body, the end cap having a locating block inserted into a sliding groove in the stepped hole inside the cage to limit the turning angle of the pedal body relative to the cage, a screw mounted in a countersunk hole at the end cap and threaded into a screw hole at the pedal body to fix the end cap to the pedal body, and a torsional spring mounted on the end cap and connected between a locating hole inside the pedal body and a notch in the stepped hole inside the cage for enabling the pedal body to be returned to its former position after each rotary notion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: 6035743
    Abstract: A pedal including a main body having a first side and a second side, the first side of the main body defining a first clipless retaining structure, and the second side of the main body defining a second clipless retaining structure. The first clipless retaining structure is a road bike clipless retaining structure and the second clipless retaining structure is a mountain bike clipless retaining structure. The pedal can include a cleat adapter for installation into the first clipless retaining structure wherein the cleat adapter includes a lock mechanism to fix the cleat adapter in the first clipless retaining structure. The lock mechanism has a locked position to fix the cleat adapter in the first clipless retaining structure, and an unlocked position to allow the cleat adapter to release from the first clipless retaining structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Schwinn Cycling & Fitness Inc.
    Inventors: Albert G. Gapinski, Patrick Warner
  • Patent number: 5992266
    Abstract: A clipless pedal system for bicycles includes a pedal platform and two cleat retainers. The cleat retainers have hooked ends and are held against opposite sides of the pedal platform. A resilient loop encircles the pedal platform, holding the cleat retainers against the pedal platform. The ends of the cleat retainer may pivot away from the pedal platform by elastic deformation of the loop, allowing insertion of a cleat attached to a cycling shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Jonathan R. Heim
    Inventor: Jonathan R. Heim
  • Patent number: 4942778
    Abstract: A clipless bicycle pedal system incorporating a pedal and cleat, the pedal being a block with a generally convex symmetrical curved top and bottom surface and being circular in the lateral plane. Grooves are formed in the circumferential edge of the block, with at least one groove each in the leading and trailing edges of the block. The cleat is a plate which is to be fixed to the sole of a rider's shoe and has a concave recess therein which corresponds to the convex surface of the pedal block. Within the recess is a spring-loaded tongue which is adapted to be removably seated in the grooves of the pedal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Inventor: Richard M. Bryne
  • Patent number: D507512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Inventor: Keith Earl Cantley
  • Patent number: D510965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Fitness Quest Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Clark
  • Patent number: D516966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Trailmaster S.R.L.
    Inventor: Christian Federico Wirtz
  • Patent number: D521421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Shigekatsu Okada
  • Patent number: D522414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Chung-I Chen
  • Patent number: D524195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Pedalite Limited
    Inventor: Paul Neal
  • Patent number: D526937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Inventor: Richard V. Colano
  • Patent number: D481974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Ronald R. Evans
  • Patent number: D568215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: West Coast Choppers, Inc.
    Inventor: Jesse G. James
  • Patent number: D486426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Lin
  • Patent number: D487236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: Wen-Tai Cheng
  • Patent number: D488407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Josco, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Wright
  • Patent number: D302259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Union Sils, van de Loo & Co GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Konzorr, Ulrich Herold
  • Patent number: D302260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Union Sils, van de Loo & Co. GmbH
    Inventor: Hermann Schieferstein
  • Patent number: D302668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Sakae Ringyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiya Chounan
  • Patent number: D302806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Union Sils
    Inventor: Hermann Schieferstein
  • Patent number: D303778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Inventor: Joseph M. Szewczak
  • Patent number: D308840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventor: George J. Tackles
  • Patent number: D595620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Inventor: Phyllis L. Kingsbury
  • Patent number: D316697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Huffy Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne Beiser
  • Patent number: D319038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Inventor: Mike St. John
  • Patent number: D320369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Inventors: William C. Feamster, III, William A. Feamster
  • Patent number: D606458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Inventor: Chung-I Chen
  • Patent number: D323478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Cat Eye Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Ueda
  • Patent number: D324838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Look
    Inventor: Denis Briscadieu
  • Patent number: D331034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Wald Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: David K. McMurtrey
  • Patent number: D615003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher Canfield, Lance Canfield
  • Patent number: D333113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignee: Excel International Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Nestrud
  • Patent number: D616336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: West Coast Choppers, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse G. James, Michael Desmond
  • Patent number: D341108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Far Great Plastics Ind., Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ting-Hsing Chen
  • Patent number: D622189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Inventor: Floyd Henry Robinson
  • Patent number: D354724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Inventor: Bruce T. Boone
  • Patent number: D355871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Inventor: Allan D. Schermeister
  • Patent number: D378667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Inventor: Henry S. Ortega
  • Patent number: D387706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Junichi Hanamura
  • Patent number: D414723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Junichi Hanamura
  • Patent number: D418466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Rally Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Saied Hussaini
  • Patent number: D420623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Rally Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Saied Hussaini
  • Patent number: D667348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher Canfield, Lance Canfield
  • Patent number: D425828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Yutaka Ueda
  • Patent number: D671039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Inventor: Xiao-Ming Deng
  • Patent number: D672691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Huffy Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy A. Seay
  • Patent number: D432463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Junichi Hanamura