GB2603478A

GB2603478A - Clipless Bicycle Pedal Auxiliary Tool

Info

Publication number: GB2603478A
Application number: GB2101450.1A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Gu Haidong
Original assignee: Cyclingdeal USA Inc
Current assignee: Cyclingdeal USA Inc
Priority date: 2021-02-03
Filing date: 2021-02-03
Publication date: 2022-08-10
Anticipated expiration: 2041-02-03
Also published as: GB2603478B; GB202101450D0

Abstract

A clipless bicycle pedal (20, Figure 3) auxiliary tool includes two cramp bodies 10, each body including a pivot part 11, a holding section 12, and a clamping section 13. The two cramp bodies are pivoted with each other like a pair of pliers. The two holding sections and the two clamping sections are disposed on two sides of the pivot parts respectively. Each clamping section includes a protruding clamping pin 131 and a protruding pushing pin 132. The clamping pins of the two clamping sections extend towards each other. The pushing pins of the two clamping sections extend toward each other. Each of the clamping sections may have an outer end surface 133 and an inner side surface 134, with the pushing pins disposed on the inner side surfaces. The clamping pins may protrude from the outer end surfaces of the clamping sections. Non-slip holding sleeves 15 may be mounted on the holding sections. An external tension spring 16 may abut with opposite sides of the two holding sections. A movable restraining frame 17 may pivot on one of the two holding sections to restrain the holding sections in a closed state.

Description

CLIPLESS tICYCLE PEDAL AUXILIARY TOOL

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

I. Field of the Invention

100011 The present invention relates to a technical field of an auxiliary detaching structure for an indoor bike pedal, and more particularly to a clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool.

2. Description of the Related Art

100021 An indoor bike is actually a kind of indoor exercise apparatus that simulates a bicycle riding exercise and, when real bicycle riding activities cannot be carried out outdoors, this fixed exercise apparatus can be used indoors. Besides providing ordinary people to ride for fitness purposes, the indoor bike can be equipped with clipless bicycle pedals with clamping fasteners, and the clamping fastener can be elastically engaged with an engaging part of a bicycle shoe sole, so as to improve the pedaling efficiency in the riding operation for competition training.

100031 However, the clipless bicycle pedal is a targeted structure for being engaged with the bicycle shoe sole, and it is not suitable for ordinary people wearing ordinary shoes for pedaling use, so the clipless bicycle pedal forms an exclusivity for ordinary people to use.

Therefore, related manufacturers have also developed a flat pedal which can be combined with the clipless bicycle pedal, and the flat pedal has engaging parts disposed on two ends thereof and configured to respectively engage and assemble with the clipless bicycle pedals, so as to enable ordinary people wearing ordinary shoes to ride and pedal for fitness purposes. 100041 Because the clamping fastener of the clipless bicycle pedal is designed to elastically engage the bicycle shoe and a rider can push out the clamping fastener to separate from the bicycle shoe by the force of the rider's lower leg. However, when a user wants to separate the fiat pedal engaged with the clipless bicycle pedal by hand, the force applied by wrist to grasp the clipless bicycle pedal is far lower than the force applied by the lower leg to push the clipless bicycle pedal out, and the force applied by wrist is not enough to resist the elastic three of the clamping fastener clamping the flat pedal, so that the user may fail to separate the flat pedal from the clipless bicycle pedal.

[0005] Therefore, how to design an auxiliary tool to assist the user to quickly separate the flat pedal from the clipless bicycle pedal is the problem to he solved in the present invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0006] An objective of the present invention is to provide an auxiliary tool to assist a user to quickly separate a flat pedal from a clipless bicycle pedal.

[0007] In order to achieve the aforementioned objective and effect, the present invention provides a clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool configured to provide assistance in separating an engaging part of a flat pedal from a clamping faster of a clipless bicycle pedal, and the clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool includes two cramp bodies, and each of the two cramp bodies includes a pivot part, a holding section and a clamping section, and the pivot parts of the two cramp bodies are pivoted with each other, and the two holding sections and the two clamping sections of the two cramp bodies arc disposed on two sides of the pivot parts, and each of the two clamping sections includes a clamping pin and a pushing pin protruded thereon, the clamping pins of the two clamping sections are extended toward each other, and the two pushing pins of the two clamping sections are extended toward each other.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008] The structure, operating principle and effects of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0009] Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool of the present invention in a closed status.

[0010] Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool of the present invention in an open status.

[00111 Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an operation of separating a flat pedal from a clipless bicycle pedal, according to the present invention.

100121 Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along IV-IV of Fig. 3.

[00131 Fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view of a part of Fig. 4.

f00141 Fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an operation of opening the clamping fastener of Fig. 4.

[00151 Fig. 7 is an enlarged schematic cross-sectional view of a part of Fig. 6.

{0016] Fig. g is a perspective view of a flat pedal completely separated from a clipless bicycle pedal, according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0017] The following embodiments of the present invention arc herein described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. These drawings show specific examples of the embodiments of the present invention. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It is to be acknowledged that these embodiments are exemplary implementations and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention in any way. Further modifications to the disclosed embodiments, as well as other embodiments, are also included within the scope of the appended claims.

[0018] These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure is thorough and complete, and fully conveys the inventive concept to those skilled in the art. Regarding the drawings, the relative proportions and ratios of elements in the drawings may he exaggerated or diminished in size for the sake of clarity and convenience. Such arbitrary proportions are only illustrative and not limiting in any way. The same reference numbers are used in the drawings and description to refer to the same or like parts. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. As used herein, the term "or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0019] It will be acknowledged that, when an element or layer is referred to as being "on," "connected to" or "coupled to" another element or layer, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or layer, or intervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to" or "directly coupled to" another element or layer, there are no intervening elements or layers present.

[00201 In addition, unless explicitly described to the contrary, the words "comprise" and "include", and variations such as "comprises", "comprising", "includes", or "including", will be acknowledged to imply the inclusion of stated elements but not the exclusion of any other elements.

10021] Please refer to Figs. 1 to 8. As shown in Figs. Ito 8, the present invention discloses a clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool which provides assistance in separating an engaging part 31 of a flat pedal 30 from a clamping fastener 21 of a clipless bicycle pedal 20, and the clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool includes two cramp bodies 10.

[0022] Each cramp body 10 includes a pivot part 11, a holding section 12 and a clamping section 13, and the pivot parts 11 of the two cramp bodies 10 are pivoted with each other, and the two holding sections 12 and the two clamping sections 13 of the two cramp bodies 10 are disposed on two sides or the pivot parts 11, and each. of the two clamping sections 13 includes a clamping pin. 131 and a pushing pin 132 protruded thereon, and the clamping pins 131 of the two clamping sections 13 are extended toward each other, and the two pushing pins 132 of the two clamping sections 13 are extended toward each other. As shown in Fig. 2, the two clamping pins 131 and the two pushing pins 132 are respectively protruded and extended toward each other when the clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool of the present invention is in zm open status. The two holding sections 12 are pivotally swingable to make the two clamping sections 13, the two clamping pins 131 and two pushing pins 132 move closer to or away from each other, so as to perform an engagement releasing operation.

[0023] According to the afore-mentioned content, the clamping pills 131 of the two clamping sections 13 of the two cramp bodies 10 are extended toward each other, and the two pushing pins 132 of the two clamping sections 13 of the two cramp bodies 10 are extended toward each other, and a distance d between the pushing pin 132 and the clamping pill 131 is greater than a thickness of a part, which is near a hook part 211, of the clamping fastener 21, as shown in Figs. 4 to 8. Therefore, in the engagement releasing operation, the clamping pin 131 and the pushing pin 132 can be located in an inner side and an outer side of the clamping fastener 21, and when the two clamping pins 131 are used to clamp the two inner sides of the clamping fastener 21 of the clipless bicycle pedal 20, the two pushing pins 132 can push the two outer sides of the clamping fastener 21 to form a force pivot, and the extension of the two holding section 12 can form a longer arm of force for effort saving. In the condition that the clipless bicycle pedal 20 is fastened, a user can apply force on the holding sections 12 to make the two clamping pins 131 push the clamping fastener 21 to loosen in a direction (such as an arrowhead direction shown in Fig. 7) opposite to the clamping direction of the hook part 211, so that the flat pedal 30 can be released easily to quickly separate from the clipless bicycle pedal 20.

100241 The features of components of the clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool of the present invention are illustrated in detail in following paragraphs. As shown in Figs. 1 to 8, each cramp body 10 includes a cross section 14 connected to the holding section 12 and the clamping section 13, and the pivot part 11 is disposed on a middle section of the cross section 14. As shown in Fig. 2, each clamping section 13 includes an outer end surface 133 and an inner side surface 134, and the two pushing pins 132 are disposed on the inner side surfaces 134 of the two clamping sections 13, respectively, and the two clamping pins 131 arc protruded on the two outer end surfaces 133 of the two clamping sections 13, respectively. In engagement releasing operation, the two clamping pins 131 protruded on the outer end surfaces 133 of the two clamping sections 13 can be easily inserted between the flat pedal 30 and the clamping fastener 21 of the clipless bicycle pedal 20, so as to quickly clamp the clamping fastener 21 without being interfered.

100251 In an embodiment, the clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool 10 further includes two non-slip holding sleeves 15 mounted on two holding sections 12, respectively. The non-slip performance of the two non-slip holding sleeves 15 can effectively improve the operational effect in use.

10026] In an embodiment, the clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool 10 further includes an external tension spring 16 having two ends abutted with the two opposite sides of the two holding sections 12. The external tension spring 16 is disposed between the two non-slip holding sleeves 14 and the pivot parts 11. The external tension spring 16 is used to assist the two holding sections 12 to form a normally-open status, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the user can directly insert the clamping pins 131 into the positions of clamping operation without applying an external tension operation, so as to further improve the operational efficiency in use.

[00271 In an embodiment, the clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool 10 further includes a movable restraining frame 17 pivoted on one of the two holding sections 12. When the other of the two holding sections 12 is pivotally swung close to the one of the two holding sections 12, the movable restraining frame 17 can be swung to mount and fasten the other of the two holding sections 12, so as to restrain the two holding sections 12 in a closed status, as shown in Fig. 1. The movable restraining frame 17 can be used to restrain and fasten the auxiliary tool in the closed status, so that the occupying space of the auxiliary tool can be reduced and the auxiliary tool is easy to carry and use.

[0028] According to the above-mentioned content, the two cramp bodies 10 include two bolding sections 12 and two clamping sections 13 disposed on two sides of the pivot parts 11, respectively, and the two clamping sections 13 include the two clamping pins 1.31 and the two pushing pins 132 protruded thereon, and the two clamping pins 131 are extended to each other, and the two pushing pins 132 are extended to each other. The distance d between the clamping pin 132 and the pushing, pin 131 is greater than the thickness of the part, which is near the hook part 211, of the clamping fastener 21 and, when the two clamping pins 131 are used to clamp the two inner sides of the clamping fastener 21 of the clipless bicycle pedal 20, the two pushing pins 132 can push the two outer sides of the clamping fastener 21 to form the force pivot, so as to solve the problem that the force applied by the wrist to grasp the clipless bicycle pedal is not enough to resist the elastic clamping force of the clamping fastener and fails to separate the flat pedal from the clipless bicycle pedal. The clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool of the present invention has following advantages.

[0029] First, the extension of the two holding sections 12 can form a longer arm of force for effort-saving. A user can apply a force on the holding sections 12 to make the two clamping pins 131 push the clamping fastener 21 to loosen in a direction opposite to the clamping direction, to resist the elastic clamping force of the clamping fastener 21, so that the clamping fastener 21 engaged with the clamp part 31 of the flat pedal 30 can be released by a larger torque.

[0030] Secondly, the flat pedal 30 can be easily released to quickly separate fi.om the clipless bicycle pedal 20.

[0031] The present invention disclosed herein has been described by means of specific embodiments. However, numerous modifications, variations and enhancements can be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure set forth in the claims.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: I. A clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool, comprising: two cramp bodies, wherein each of the two cramp bodies comprises a pivot part, a holding section and a clamping section, and the pivot parts of the two cramp bodies are pivoted with each other, and the two holding sections and the two clamping sections of the two cramp bodies are disposed on two sides of the pivot pans, and each of the two clamping sections comprises a clamping pin and a pushing pin protruded thereon, the clamping pins of the two clamping sections are extended toward each other, and the two pushing pins of the two clamping sections are extended toward each other.
2. The clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool according to claim 1, wherein each of the two cramp bodies comprises a cross section connected to the holding section and the clamping section, and the pivot part is disposed on a middle section of the cross section.
3. The clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool according to claim I, wherein each of the two clamping sections comprises an outer end surface and an inner side surface, and the two pushing pins are disposed on the inner side surfaces of the two clamping section, respectively, and the two clamping pins are protruded on the two outer end surfaces of the two clamping sections, respectively.
4. The clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool according to claim 1, further comprising two non-slip holding sleeves mounted on two holding sections, respectively.s.
The clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool according to claim 4, further comprising an external tension spring having two ends abutted with the two opposite sides of the two holding sections, wherein the external tension spring is disposed between the two non-slip holding sleeves and the pivot parts.
6. The clipless bicycle pedal auxiliary tool according to claim 1, further comprising a movable restraining frame pivoted on one of the two holding sections wherein, when other of the two holding sections is pivotally swung close to the one of the two holding section, the movable restraining frame is configured to swing to mount and fasten the other of the two holding, sections, so as to restrain the two holding sections in a closed status.