Emery Sa.

Time Sport International

Alain Plassiard

Pierre Gignoux

Jean-Francois De Bast

A bicycle pedal with automatic engagement and disengagement, including a body rotatably mounted on a pedal axle one side including a front hoop and a rear hoop, each hoop having two branches connected by a crossmember, at least one of the hoops being mounted to rotate about a geometrical axis parallel to that of the pedal and being spring-loaded toward the other hoop by spring means, the space between the hoops being adapted to receive and to clamp a cycling shoe cleat; the spring-loading means of the hoop are situated, in a direction orthogonal to the branches of the hoop, outside the space between the branches; the pedal body includes exterior arms spaced from the interior arms to form yokes having facing orifices in which two coaxial individual axles, respectively associated with each branch, are engaged and supported, and the individual axles composing the articulation axle of the rotary hoop.

Automatic engagement and disengagement bicycle pedal

A cycle pedal includes a pedal body mounted to rotate about a pedal spindle, a front hoop having a front attachment bar situated in front of the pedal spindle and substantially parallel to the spindle, and a rear hoop having a rear attachment bar situated behind the pedal spindle and substantially parallel to the spindle. The rear hoop is articulated about a first hoop spindle mounted in bearings of the pedal body and elastic means are provided to urge the rear hoop toward a rest position. The front hoop is articulated about a second hoop spindle which is situated below the mid-plane of the pedal, on a side opposite to the front attachment bar, and elastic means are provided to urge the front hoop toward a rest position. The front upper part of the pedal body is inclined downward toward the front, thereby allowing a greater angular range for a user to click into the pedal.

Safety cycle pedal

The invention concerns a bicycle pedal and fastening shoe assembly (C), the pedal comprising a body rotatably mounted on an axle () and, at least on one side of the body a chain-wheel above the pedal axle: front abutting means () extending parallel to the geometrical axis (A) of the pedal at the rear of said axis designed to co-operate with a front abutting surface () of the shoe; a retaining member () mounted on the pedal, pressed by elastic return means against the rear of the shoe, and retaining means towards the top provided on the pedal to co-operate with a combined means of the shoe. The front abutting means () of the pedal and the front abutting surface () of the shoe are designed to slide against each other along a direction perpendicular to the chain-wheel of the pedal without catching, the rear retaining member () is designed to fasten a combined element () of the shoe, and the pedal body comprises, at the rear of the member () clearances to enable the use of staples () preventing the shoe from being in direct contact with the ground when walking, and a support zone () for a shoe sole equipped with the shoe.

Bicycle pedal and fastening shoe assembly and pedal and cleat for same

The invention concerns a bicycle pedal and fastening shoe assembly (C), the pedal comprising a body rotatably mounted on an axle () and, at least on one side of the body a chain-wheel above the pedal axle; front abutting means () extending parallel to the geometrical axis (A) of the pedal at the rear of said axis designed to co-operate with a front abutting surface () of the shoe; a retaining member () mounted on the pedal, pressed by elastic return means against the rear of the shoe, and retaining means towards the top provided on the pedal to co-operate with a combined means of the shoe. The front abutting means () of the pedal and the front abutting surface () of the shoe are designed to slide against each other along a direction perpendicular to the chain-wheel of the pedal without catching, the rear retaining member () is designed to fasten a combined element () of the shoe, and the pedal body comprises, at the rear of the member () clearances to enable the use of staples () preventing the shoe from being in direct contact with the ground when walking, and a support zone () for a shoe sole equipped with the shoe.

Step-in snowboard binding designed to hold a boot by its sides. The binding comprises at least one jaw secured to a driving arm intended to be driven by the boot. The jaw has a cam-shaped part collaborating with a locking element which can move in a guide in such a way that the jaw is locked for various positions of the jaw. The jaw is equipped with a return spring which tends to keep it in the open position, and the jaw and the locking element cooperate to keep the locking element away from its locking position when the jaw is raised. In this way, the jaw cannot be closed inadvertently and the locking element does not hamper the closure movement.

Step-in snowboard binding

The boot/binding assembly for a snowboard with an automatic binding has a base () having a device () for holding the boot via its sides and complementary forms guiding and positioning the boot in the binding. The guiding and positioning forms () located on the binding extend above the holding device () for holding the boot so as to prevent the actuation of the holding device until the boot is fully positioned relative to the binding.

Boot/binding assembly for a snowboard

Snowboard binding comprising a baseplate () on which is mounted a bow () that is adjustable in terms of position by means of two pairs of nuts and screws and a highback () mounted on the bow so chat it is orientable. Each of the screws () used to mount the highback () on the bow () and one of the screws () of the pair of screws used to fix the bow to the baseplate arc coaxial and share a common nut (). This construction has the effect of simplifying the nut-and-screw fittings and of increasing the range of orientation of the highback.

Snowboard binding

Automatic snowboard binding holding the boot via its sides and having an automatic locking mechanism ( ), retention mechanism ( ), and a boot-release lever ( ) whose operation results in unlocking of the retention mechanism. The boot-release lever is kinematically independent of the locking mechanism ( ) in such a manner that it remains stationary when the boot is clipped into the binding.

Automatic snowboard binding

Step-in snowboard binding designed to hold a boot by its sides. The binding comprises at least one jaw ( ) secured to a driving arm ( ) intended to be driven by the boot. The jaw has a cam-shaped part ( ) collaborating with a locking element ( ) which can move in a guide ( ) in such a way that the jaw is locked for various positions of the jaw. The jaw ( ) is equipped with a return spring which tends to keep it in the open position, and the jaw and the locking element cooperate to keep the locking element away from its locking position when the jaw is raised. In this way, the jaw cannot be closed inadvertently and the locking element does not hamper the closure movement.

Step-in snowboard binding designed to hold a boot by its sides. The binding includes at least one jaw ( ) secured to a driving arm ( ) intended to be driven by the boot. The jaw has a cam-shaped part ( ) collaborating with a locking element ( ) which can move in a guide ( ) in such a way that the jaw is locked for various positions of the jaw. The jaw ( ) is equipped with a return spring which tends to keep it in the open position, and the jaw and the locking element cooperate to keep the locking element away from its locking position when the jaw is raised. In this way, the jaw cannot be closed inadvertently and the locking element does not hamper the closure movement. The binding is equipped with an indicator ( ) which indicates whether the jaw is in the locked position.

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La Murette, France

Alain Plassiard