Combination means for rigidly attaching shoe to a pedal for a foot-driven crank-operated machine
Patent 3964343 Issued on June 22, 1976. Estimated Expiration Date: 
June 22, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
June 22, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 550409 3788163 InventorApplicationNo. 585187 filed on 06/09/1975US Classes:74/594.6, With toe or shoe clips482/57, Bicylcling74/594.4PedalsExaminersPrimary: Scott, SamuelAssistant: Shoemaker, F. D. Attorney, Agent or FirmAbstractThis invention provides a combination means for quickly and rigidly securing the foot of an operator to a pedal of a bicycle, or the like. The combination means comprises pedal-gripping means adapted to be secured to the sole of the shoe of an operator, a pedal having a generally prismatic configuration and comprising two polygonal end surfaces and at least three substantially mutually congruent side faces. Each side face having shoe-gripping means formed thereon. One end face of the pedal having means for being, preferably, rotatably connected to a crank. The shoe-gripping means and the pedal-gripping means are mutually lockably interengageable so as not to be disengageable by any normal movement of the foot during pedalling.Field of SearchWith toe or shoe clips | |
