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US 11,325,675 · App. 17/399,021 · Granted May 10, 2022

Bicycle cleat

Inventor: Chin-Long Hsieh (Taichung, TW)
B62M3/086
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,325,675
App. No.
17/399,021
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

A cleat for being attached on a sole of a cycling shoe to be engaged with a clipless pedal is disclosed. The cleat includes a front engagement portion, a rear engagement portion and a front attachment portion. A width of the rear engagement portion is greater than a width of the front engagement portion. The front attachment portion protrudes from the bottom of the front engagement portion and includes a U-shaped body and two abutment portions. The U-shaped body has two legs and an opening between outer ends of the two legs. The opening is toward the rear engagement portion. Each of the two abutment portions inward bendingly extends from the outer end of one of the legs so as to make a width of the opening between the abutment portions less than a distance between internal sides of the two legs.

Claims (9)

1. A bicycle cleat comprising:

a front engagement portion;

a rear engagement portion whose width is greater than a width of the front engagement portion; and

a front attachment portion, protruding from a bottom of the front engagement portion, comprising a U-shaped body and two abutment portions, the U-shaped body having two legs and an opening between outer ends of the two legs, the opening being toward the rear engagement portion, and each of the two abutment portions inward bendingly extending from the outer end of one of the legs so as to make a width of the opening between the abutment portions less than a distance between internal sides of the two legs.

2. The bicycle cleat of claim 1 , wherein the U-shaped body is made of soft material.

3. The bicycle cleat of claim 2 , wherein the U-shaped body is made of rubber.

4. The bicycle cleat of claim 3 , wherein a width of the opening between the abutment portions is less than one second of a distance between internal sides of the two legs.

5. The bicycle cleat of claim 4 , wherein the width is equal to or less than one third of the distance.

6. The bicycle cleat of claim 1 , wherein a bending angle of each abutment portion and connective one of the legs is between 100 and 110 degrees.

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US 1,112,744