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Ste Look

Look, Inc.

Look S.a.

Jean J Beyl

Daniel Le Faou

Jean Bernard

Henri Peyre

Christian Campillo

Rene Guerreau

Philippe Buzon

Louis Andrieu

Patrice Viodet

Serge Briee

Jacky Veniat

Jackie Cursillat

Daniel LeFaou

A cycling shoe and pedal are provided with interlocking members to allow quick release; the pedal has one face provided with a stop and fastener while the cycling shoe has a sole provided with a wedge housed in a recess in the sole; the stop and fastening member includes a front stop and a retaining member located in front of the axis of the pedal and a rear fastening member located behind the axis of the pedal and which is capable of displacement in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of the pedal against the action of an elastic member; the pedal has a front projection inclined towards the front with a lower edge which is situated, relative to the center plane of the pedal, on the side opposite the front stop member and the rear fastening member; the sole has a longitudinal guide capable of cooperating with the projection and with matting longitudinal guides provided on the pedal to ensure that the front part of the sole and the wedge slide relative to the pedal during the time the wedge approaches the front stop member and to prevent interference during this movement between the front of the wedge and the rear fastening member.

Assembly consisting of a safety cycle pedal and a cycling shoe, safety

The shoe shall include at least one spring (R), notably a metal spring, set into the sole between an upper plate (2) extending as far as the back of the shoe and a lower plate (3) to cushion the shoe from shocks from the ground. The upper plate (2) shall be rigid and shall be wholly located behind a line (L) underneath the metatarsus (4) of the foot; the sole shall present an area to allow for transversal articulation (5) in the area of this line (L) in such a way that the angle formed between the upper rigid plate (2) and the section of the sole (6) located in front of the area of articulation may vary; the lower edges of the sides of the uppers (9) of the shoe which cover the foot shall be joined to the upper rigid plate (2); the spring(s) (R, 11) shall be situated in the only part of the rigid plate which will be under the heel of the foot, the whole being such that variations in the load applied to the spring (R, 11) shall provoke an oscillating movement of the upper rigid plate (2) around a transversal line of articulation (L), in relation to the lower plate (3).

Shoe, notably a sports shoe, which includes at least one spring set into

The fixing device includes, on the one hand, on the pedal body (2), a front stop (14) situated in front of the axis (X) and a rear fastening element (6) capable of being displaced against an elastic restoring force; on the other hand, an upward retaining elements (14) for cooperating with a retaining element fixed under the sole; finally, moreover, a wedge (15) intended to be fixed beneath the sole, includes towards the front, a front stop elements (38). The wedge (15) includes at least one lower rearwardly projecting fastening flange (31) delimiting a transverse groove (33) issuing at each transverse end; at least one transverse end of the rear flange is provided with a canted surface (35b) inclined along an angle determined in relation to the transverse direction of the wedge, the canted surface (35b) and the portion adjoining the rear flange forming an outwardly convex dihedron. This canted surface (35b) permits the disengagement by the upward escape of the flange (31) for a twist of a predetermined amplitude, in a given direction along an angle that is smaller than the maximum angle of twist wherewith the device still exerts an elastic restoring action on the wedge.

Device for fixing a shoe on a pedal of a bicycle or similar machine, a

A bicycle pedal comprises a pedal body which contains a housing intended to accommodate a transverse spindle capable of being fixed to a crank. The pedal body is rotatably mounted on the said spindle by means of two rotary bearings provided respectively near the ends of the spindle. The rotary bearing provided at the end of the spindle remote from the crank comprises a needle bearing whose external diameter is smaller than the external diameter of the rotary bearing situated nearer the crank; the pedal body has a bearing surface for the user's foot which passes over the needle bearing, and is spaced from the geometrical axis of the spindle by a distance that is smaller than the external radial dimension of the pedal body in the vicinity of the rotary bearing nearer the crank. The bearing surface is a portion of a flat surface and extends as far as the external edge. This surface is situated towards the outside in relation to the rotary bearing near the crank.

Pedal for a bicycle or similar device

The jig for facilitating the adjustment of a block under the sole of a cyclist's shoe, comprises a support (5) whereon the user's foot (6) is intended to be positioned. This support (5) is provided with an indentation (7) intended to receive the bulge corresponding to the articulation of the first metatarsal; a stop (19) is slidably mounted along the longitudinal direction of the support (5), this stop (19) being capable of being applied against one end of the foot (6), and provision is made for at least one graduation (G) on a longitudinal edge of the support, so as to cooperate with a specific zone (33) of the stop (19), to indicate the correct adjustment of the block (2) to be carried out, so that the articulation of the first metatarsal should occupy a specific position in relation to the axis (34a) of the pedal (34).

Jig for facilitating the adjustment of a block under the sole of a

The fixing device comprises a sole plate fixed to the sole of a cyclist's shoe and comprising forward stop means towards the front and a catch towards the rear. Restraining means mounted on the pedal comprise forward stop means associated with those of the plate, and a holding element movably mounted on the pedal and capable of being applied by elastic biasing means against the rear of said catch. The forward stop means and the catch of the sole plate extend transversely under the sole of the shoe, behind the sole portion having the greatest width, while the associated forward stop means mounted on the pedal extend transversely and are fixed on the pedal behind the pedal spindle.

Device for fixing a shoe on a pedal, a shoe and a pedal thus fitted out

The braking arms of the ski brake are carried solely by an operating pedal which is pivoted to the ski about a transverse axis. The corresponding control ends of the braking arms are elbowed so as to form a V, the point of which is directed away from the braking shoes and/or away from the top face of the ski. The control ends are rotatably mounted within bores having the same angular orientation and formed in the operating pedal. By means of an elastic plug applied against a flat face formed in each control end, the braking arms are caused to rotate upon completion of an upward displacement and the active ends of the arms are automatically restored to their inwardly withdrawn position above the ski.

Ski brake

A toe-abutment member providing safety ski boot release in the event of a backward-fall movement combined with a twisting movement of the skier's leg comprises a fixed locking member having an inclined ramp and an abutment body pivotally mounted on a cross-pin. The jaw unit for retaining the toe end of the ski boot is movably mounted within the abutment body and carries a transverse rod which is applied against the ramp by means of a spring-loaded piston.

Safety toe-abutment member for a ski

A rear ski-binding element comprises a heel-holding member carried by a plate pivoted about an axis at right angles to the top ski face. Lateral flanges formed on the pivotal plate are each adapted to carry a lateral packing member. Each packing member has a resilient inner wall which is capable of outward elastic deformation under the action of engagement of a ski boot. The rear ski-binding element is thus automatically adaptable to ski boots having different widths.

Rear element for a ski binding

A ski binding for cross-country skiing comprises a locking lever provided with a nose for locking the toe end of the ski shoe in position and also with an extracting appendage. During disengagement of the ski shoe from the binding, the extracting appendage exerts an upwardly directed thrust beneath the toe end of the ski shoe, thus facilitating the disengagement operation.

Ski binding for cross-country skiing

The cross-country skiing assembly comprises a ski shoe and a ski binding for fixing the shoe on a ski. A toe block at the front end of the shoe has a fastening contour which is capable of cooperating with a complementary fastener on a shoe-retaining stirrup of the ski binding. A spring-loaded locking and releasing lever of the ski binding permits automatic positioning of the ski shoe by downward engagement. The shoe-retaining stirrup is pivotally mounted on a cross-pin which is adjacent to the front end face of the toe block.

Cross-country skiing assembly

A pivotal control flap carried by the top section of one ski-braking arm is connected to an identical flap carried by the other braking arm by means of a top arcuate member. Each flap has two separate bores forming swivel-bearings respectively for the top section of the corresponding arm and for the respective leg of the arcuate connecting member. The angle made by the bores with respect to each other is such that the pivotal displacement of the two flaps under the pressure of the ski boot produces a movement of relative inward withdrawal of the bottom sections of the braking arms when they are in the raised position.

The toe abutment member of a ski binding is adapted to cooperate with a ski boot provided with a sole having a truncated front end and a toe-cap extension in overhung relation to the truncated front end. The abutment member comprises a feeler element placed directly beneath the toe-cap extension of the ski boot in close proximity to the toe-cap extension under normal skiing conditions. In the event of a forward fall, the feeler element undergoes a vertical displacement in the downward direction under the thrust exerted by said extension while producing a reduction in inherent stiffness of release of the toe abutment member.

Ski-binding toe abutment member for a ski boot having a truncated sole

The control ends of two pivotal braking arms have elbowed extensions rotatably mounted in bearings provided on or within an operating pedal. In the active braking position of the pivotal arms, the axes of the elbowed extensions form a V having a downwardly-directed point and the braking ends of the pivotal arms are outwardly displaced with respect to each other on each side of the ski. In the withdrawn position, the braking ends are close together and set back with respect to the sides of the ski. However a tension spring tends to produce a pivotal displacement of the operating pedal with respect to the pivotal arms to an angular position such that the braking ends are spaced at a sufficient distance to pass on each side of the ski.

A ski brake is provided with two braking arms pivotally mounted in bearings disposed transversely with respect to the ski. The braking arms are downwardly inclined towards the interior of the ski and joined together by means of a resilient stirrup-piece located above the ski and capable of undergoing resilient flexural deformation in its own plane. The stirrup-piece is connected to the braking arms by means of pivot-pins in the form of rivets, the axes of which are located at right angles to the plane of the stirrup-piece.

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Nevers, France

Jean J Beyl