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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric A Sampson, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Sampson Sports, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G / ; A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
745946 ; 745944 ; 36131 ;
Abstract
Torsional stress of a cyclist's leg is minimized by providing spaced limit surfaces on opposing parts of a cycle pedal and a shoe cleat that are designed for step-in, twist-out engagement. Floating adjusters, in the form of threaded rods, are rotated to select the effective width of spaces between the spaced limit surfaces. The full width of the space allows full floating rotation of the cleat relative to the pedal, whereas adjustment of the rods selects smaller floating rotating of the cleat relative to the pedal. The spaced limit surfaces and the rods are provided in LOOK and SAMPSON types of step-in, twist-out pedals.