Complex cleat for clipless pedal
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a cleat for being releasably secured to a clipless pedal. The cleat includes a base plate, a front engagement member, a rear engagement member and an anti-slip pad. The base plate is used for being fastened to a sole of a shoe and has a front tip, a rear end and a middle area between the front tip and the rear end. The front engagement member is mounted on a top side of the front tip. The rear engagement member is mounted on a top side of the rear end. The anti-slip pad is mounted on a bottom side of the middle area. Both the front engagement member and the rear engagement member are higher than the base plate in hardness and the base plate is higher than the anti-slip pad in hardness.
1. A cleat for being releasably secured to a clipless pedal, comprising:
a base plate, used for being fastened to a sole of a shoe, having a front tip, a rear end and a middle area between the front tip and the rear end;
a front engagement member mounted on a top side of the front tip;
a rear engagement member mounted on a top side of the rear end; and
an anti-slip pad mounted on a bottom side of the middle area;
wherein both the front engagement member and the rear engagement member are higher than the base plate in hardness and the base plate is higher than the anti-slip pad in hardness.
2. The cleat of claim 1 , wherein both the front engagement member and the rear engagement member are made of a ceramic material or polyoxymethylene (POM), the base plate is made of a complex material or glass-filled nylon, and the anti-slip pad is made of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), rubber, imitation rubber or plastic.
3. The cleat of claim 1 , further comprising a central anti-slip pad with a fixing bar, wherein the fixing bar is inserted into a fixing hole formed in the middle area of the cleat to fasten the anti-slip pad.
4. The cleat of claim 3 , wherein the central anti-slip pad is made of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), rubber, imitation rubber or plastic.
5. The cleat of claim 3 , wherein an edge of the fixing hole is formed with a recess and a periphery of the fixing bar is formed with a protrusion, so that the fixing bar is fastened into the fixing hole by engaging the protrusion with the recess.