Patent Application
20120137825
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a bicycle pedal, and more particularly to a bicycle pedal including an outwardly extended structure or configuration for suitably supporting the shoes or the feet of the user and for allowing the bicycle pedal to be suitably or effectively stepped or actuated by the user.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Typical bicycle pedals comprise a pedal body pivotally or rotatably attached or mounted or secured or supported on a pedal supporting spindle for engaging with the shoes or the feet of the user and for allowing the pedal bodies to be suitably stepped or actuated by the user.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 550,409 to Hanson, U.S. Pat. No. 1,352,446 to Glanz, U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,890 to Nagano, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,708,584 to Muraoka disclose several of the typical bicycle pedals each also comprising a pedal body pivotally or rotatably attached or mounted or secured or supported on a pedal supporting spindle for engaging with the shoes or the feet of the user and for allowing the pedal bodies to be suitably stepped or actuated by the user.
Normally, the pedal bodies are disposed or arranged perpendicular to the pedal supporting spindle and may be suitably stepped or actuated by the user when the feet of the user are also perpendicular to the pedal supporting spindle.
However, the toe portions of the feet of the user are normally located slightly outwardly relative to the heel portions of the feet of the user such that the pedal bodies may not be used to suitably support the feet of the user, or such that the feet of the user may not be suitably engaged onto the pedal bodies, and such that the pedal bodies may not be suitably or effectively stepped or actuated by the user.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional pedal members for the bicycles.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a bicycle pedal including an outwardly extended structure or configuration for suitably supporting the shoes or the feet of the user and for allowing the bicycle pedal to be suitably or effectively stepped or actuated by the user.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a bicycle pedal comprising a pedal body including a spindle laterally and rotatably disposed therein and parallel to an X-axis of the pedal body, and including a Y-axis perpendicular to the X-axis of the pedal body, the pedal body including an upper surface, a bottom surface, a front portion, a rear portion, an inner and front side portion, an inner and rear side portion, an outer and front side portion, and an outer and rear side portion, and the pedal body including a first inclined surface provided in the inner and front side portion thereof and tilted outwardly and tilted relative to the Y-axis of the pedal body for a tilting angle “A”, and including a second inclined surface provided in the outer and rear side portion thereof and tilted inwardly and tilted relative to the Y-axis of the pedal body and parallel to the feet of the user for suitably supporting the feet of the user and for allowing the pedal members to be suitably or effectively stepped or actuated or operated by the user.
The tilting angle “A” of the first inclined surface of the pedal body is ranged from five (5) to twenty five (25) degrees. The second inclined surface is preferably parallel to the first inclined surface of the pedal body, and is tilted inwardly and tilted relative to the Y-axis of the pedal body for a tilting angle ranged from five (5) to twenty five (25) degrees.
The pedal body includes a number of pegs extended upwardly from the upper surface thereof for frictionally engaging with the feet of the user, and includes a number of pegs extended downwardly from the bottom surface thereof for frictionally engaging with the feet of the user. The bottom surface of the pedal body is preferably, but not necessarily parallel to the upper surface of the pedal body.
The pedal body includes a notch formed in the inner and rear side portion thereof for weight reducing purposes, and includes a notch formed in the outer and front side portion thereof for weight reducing purposes. The front portion of the pedal body is recessed, and the pedal body includes at least one air passage formed in the front portion thereof, and includes a number of depressions formed in the front portion thereof and communicative with the at least one air passage thereof.
The rear portion of the pedal body is recessed, and the pedal body includes at least one air passage formed in the rear portion thereof, and includes a number of depressions formed in the rear portion thereof and communicative with the at least one air passage thereof.
The pedal body includes at least one opening formed in the upper surface thereof for air permitting or circulating purposes, and includes at least one opening formed in the bottom surface thereof for air permitting or circulating purposes.
The pedal body includes at least one air pathway formed in the inner and front side portion thereof, and includes at least one air pathway formed in the inner and rear side portion thereof, and includes at least one air pathway formed in the outer and front side portion thereof, and includes at least one air pathway formed in the outer and rear side portion thereof.
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to the drawings, and initially to
The pedal body 10 includes one or more openings 21 formed or provided in the upper portion or surface 20 thereof for air permitting or circulating purposes, and includes one or more openings 31 formed or provided in the bottom portion or surface 30 thereof for air permitting or circulating purposes, and includes one or more air passages 41, 51 formed or provided in each of the front and the rear portions 40, 50 thereof for air permitting or circulating purposes, and includes one or more air pathways 61, 71, 81, 91 formed or provided in each of the front and rear side portions 60, 70, 80, 90 thereof for air permitting or circulating purposes, and includes a number of recessed or curved depressions 42, 52 formed or provided in each of the front and the rear portions 40, 50 thereof and communicative with the air passages 41, 51 for guiding the air to flow into and through the air passages 41, 51 of the pedal body 10 respectively.
The pedal body 10 includes a cut-off portion or tilted or inclined surface 62 formed or provided in the inner and front side portion 60 and tilted or inclined outwardly or relative to the Y-axis of the pedal body 10 for a tilting angle “A” ranged from five (5) to twenty five (25) degrees, and also includes a cut-off portion or tilted or inclined surface 92 formed or provided in the outer and rear side portion 90 and tilted or inclined inwardly or relative to the Y-axis of the pedal body 10 for a tilting angle “A” ranged from five (5) to twenty five (25) degrees, and it is preferable, but not necessarily that the tilted or inclined surfaces 62, 92 in the inner and front side portion 60 and the outer and rear side portion 90 are parallel to each other.
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Accordingly, the bicycle pedal in accordance with the present invention includes an outwardly extended structure or configuration for suitably supporting the shoes or the feet of the user and for allowing the bicycle pedal to be suitably or effectively stepped or actuated by the user.
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
