JP3170336B2 - Cleat equipment for shoes and shoes - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleat device for shoes and shoes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, there has been a means for connecting a shoe to a pedal by a cleat so that the shoe can be advantageously operated while preventing the shoe from being displaced with respect to the pedal.

[0003]

Conventionally, in order to reduce the weight and the like, if the cleat is reduced in size so that its width is smaller than that of a shoe or a pedal, when the vehicle is ridden, the engagement between the cleat and the pedal is reduced, Due to the small width of the cleat, the feet tended to rattle left and right with respect to the pedal. . An object of the present invention is to make it possible to operate a pedal while suppressing rattle of a foot while reducing the size of a cleat.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a cleat device for a shoe, which includes a cleat attached to the shoe and connecting the shoe to a pedal, the cleat being located on the lateral outside of the cleat. In addition, a cushioning elastic body that comes into contact with the pedal when the pedal is operated is provided. In the shoe according to the present invention, in order to achieve the object, a cleat is attached to the sole of the shoe, and a cushioning elastic body which comes into contact with the pedal when the pedal is operated is arranged laterally outside the cleat.

[0005]

[Effect] Even if the cleat is formed in a small size as described at the beginning, it becomes impossible to install the cushioning elastic body inside the cleat itself. By being positioned laterally outward of the cleat, it becomes possible to equip the cushioning elastic body. Therefore, the cleat device for shoes according to the present invention can be attached to shoes,
By using the shoe according to the present invention, the cleat can be reduced in size, but at the time of riding, the cushioning elastic body comes into contact with the pedal at a position deviated to the side from the cleat, so that the foot does not rattle or becomes small. It can be tensioned and cushioned.

[0006]

According to the shoe cleat device of the present invention, the cleat can be reduced in size and weight regardless of the type of shoe, and the pedal can be operated efficiently by suppressing rattling of the foot. Was.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG.
A cleat device A having cleats 3 and the like, and a shoe sole 7 having a plurality of grounding members 4, 6 are provided at the bottom of the upper 2 having Make up shoes. The sole part 7 is provided with a sole body 8 made of hard plastic and an insole 9, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the grounding bodies 4 and 6 are formed as an example of an elastic body. A cleat device A is attached to a portion of the sole body 8 located between the grounding members 4 and 6 by distributing and bonding the toe portion and the heel portion of the sole body 8. is there. That is, when riding the bicycle, the sole body 8 can be prevented from being deformed due to an operation reaction force from the pedal P due to the strength of the sole body 8 made of hard plastic, and the cleat 3 allows the pedal P By being connected so as not to be displaced, it is possible to operate the pedals stably, and when walking, the grounding members 4 and 6 are non-slip and easy to walk.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cleat device A is formed by forming the cleat 3 into a small shape having a width smaller than the width of the shoe or the width of the pedal. The cleat 3 is attached to the sole body 8 by tightening with the metal fittings 11 and has a pair of cushioning elastic bodies 5 and 5. By the action of the cushioning elastic bodies 5, the cleat 3 is stable even if it is small. It is configured such that the pedal can be operated with ease, and that walking can be performed while preventing wear due to slippage and cleat 3 grounding. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pair of cushioning elastic bodies 5 and 5 are distributed and arranged on both lateral outer sides of the cleat 3 and FIGS.
Is connected to the cleat 3 via one connecting fitting 12 as shown in FIG. 1, and is supported by the cleat 3 via the connecting fitting 12 at a position deviated laterally outward from the cleat 3 during pedal operation or walking. In this state, it contacts the pedal P or the ground, and supports and cushions the leg P to prevent or suppress rattling of the pedal P, prevents slipping, and prevents or suppresses the cleat 3 from touching the ground. It is configured to do so. As shown in FIG. 2, the connection fitting 13 is detachably attached to the cleat 3 by tightening with the mounting screw 10, and when the cushioning elastic body 5 is worn, the connection fitting 12 is worn and worn. The old elastic body 5 is replaced with a new elastic body 5 together with the connection fitting 12. When the loosening operation of the mounting screw 10 and the sliding operation of the cleat 3 are performed, the cleat 3
The mounting screw hole 3a of FIG. 5 has a long hole shape as shown in FIG. 5, and both ends of the connecting fitting 12 pass through notches 3b formed in the cleat 3 as shown in FIG. The cleat 3 moves to the left and right with respect to the shoe sole 7 while the elastic body 5 is located at a fixed position with respect to the shoe sole 7, and the mounting position of the elastic body 5 with respect to the shoe sole 7 is adjusted. It is configured so that the attachment position of only the cleat 3 to the shoe sole 7 can be adjusted without any change.

[Another Embodiment] FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the cushioning elastic body 5, wherein the grounding surface of the elastic body 5 is formed in an oval shape which is long in the longitudinal direction of the shoe.

FIG. 9 shows still another embodiment of the cleat device A, in which a first elastic body 5 and a second elastic body 13 are arranged on both lateral outer sides of the cleat 3 and a part of the first elastic body 5 is provided. 1 and 8, the first elastic body 5 stabilizes the foot at the time of pedal operation, and in addition to the cleat device A of FIGS. It is. That is, the elastic bodies 5 and 13
The same member made of urethane rubber and supporting bracket 12
And the supporting bracket 12 is attached to the cleat 3
Is configured to be connected to the cleat 3 by tightening with a mounting screw 10 attached to the sole body 8, so that the elastic members 5 and 13 can be supported by the cleat 3 via the support fittings 12. . When the second elastic body 13 is located on the opposite side of the first elastic body 5 from the side where the cleat 3 exists, when the cleat 3 is connected to the pedal P and the pedal is operated, FIG. As shown in (2), the second elastic body 13 is located outside the pedal P and does not contact the pedal P, but the first elastic body 5 contacts the tread surface side of the pedal P. At this time, due to the difference between the height at which the first elastic body 5 projects from the sole body 8 and the height at which the second elastic body 13 projects from the sole body 8,
During walking, as shown in FIG. 11, the second elastic body 13 is configured to contact the ground before the first elastic body 5, and the first elastic body 5 is difficult to contact the ground. That is, at the time of riding, the first elastic body 5 comes into contact with the pedal P while being supported by the cleat 3 via the support fitting 12, and the foot is rattled to the pedal P due to the flexible engagement between the cleat 3 and the pedal P. The pedal can be operated while suppressing or cushioning and stabilizing the foot. At the time of getting off, the second elastic body 13
The elastic body 5 comes into contact with the ground, and the elastic body can be walked while preventing slippage and preventing wear of the cleat 3 and the first elastic body 5 due to grounding. The contact body 14 is made of a material harder than the first elastic body 5, and is configured to form a part of a portion of the first elastic body 5 that contacts the cleat 3 as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. I have. That is, the cleat 3 is connected to the pedal P,
For example, when the connection is released, the contact body 14 prevents the first elastic body 5 from being worn out when the first elastic body 5 comes into sliding contact with the pedal P. In constructing this cleat device, the first elastic body 5 and the second elastic body 13
Is formed as a separate part, and the second elastic body 1 is formed so that the grounding of the first elastic body 5 by the second elastic body 13 can be more favorably avoided.
3 may be formed to be harder than the first elastic body 5.

FIG. 12 shows a shoe according to still another embodiment. The shoe is made of an elastic material such as rubber or sponge having a recess 13a for arranging the cleat 3 and the pair of left and right elastic members 5,5. The sole body 13 is provided on the shoe sole 7, and when the pedal is operated, the left and right elastic members 5, 5 contact the lateral side of the pedal P on the lateral side of the cleat 3, resulting from the flexible engagement between the cleat 5 and the pedal P. The foot sole 13 is grounded during walking to prevent wear of the elastic body 5 due to grounding during walking.

The structure for attaching the pair of elastic members 5 and 5 may be a structure in which the left and right members are separately attached, or a structure in which the cleat 3 is attached.
The present invention may be implemented by adopting various structures such as non-removable mounting on the device. Further, a means for directly connecting to the shoe sole without connecting to the cleat 3 may be adopted. The cleat 3 may be irremovably attached to the sole 7 of the shoe. The grounding members 4 and 6 disposed on the toe and the heel may be omitted. In addition, in the case of a cleat device to be attached to bicycle-specific shoes and a bicycle-specific shoe, as well as a cleat device to be attached to ordinary shoes that do not have a hard member exhibiting strength for pedal operation on the bottom portion, The present invention can also be applied to shoes in which cleats are attached to the bottom of ordinary shoes.

In the claims, reference numerals are provided for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in the attached drawings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a bottom view of a bicycle shoe.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a bicycle shoe at a location where a cleat device is provided.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the cushioning elastic body.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a cushioning elastic body.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a cleat.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a cleat.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the entire bicycle shoe.

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of another embodiment of the cushioning elastic body.

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of another embodiment of the cleat device.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the cleat device.

FIG. 11 is a side view of the entire bicycle shoe including the cleat device according to another embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of a part of another embodiment shoe;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 3 cleats 5 cushioning elastic body 7 shoe sole P pedal

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A cleat (3) attached to a shoe and connecting the shoe to a pedal, a cushioning elastic member located laterally outside the cleat (3) and contacting the pedal (P) when the pedal is operated. A shoe cleat device provided with (5). 2. A cleat (3) is attached to the sole part (7), and a cushioning elastic body (5) that comes into contact with the pedal (P) when the pedal is operated is arranged laterally outside the cleat (3). shoes.