JPH0432963Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) The invention consists of a shoe holder having an engaging part that engages with a shoe latching part of a bicycle pedal attached to the front part of the sole of the shoe. It concerns bicycle shoes.

(Prior art) Generally, when pedaling a bicycle with bicycle shoes, the bicycle shoes are placed so that the part from the phalanx side of the metatarsal bone to the phalange is in contact with the tread surface of the pedal, and the ankle joint and An arch is formed between the base of the finger and the phalangeal joint, so that the base of the finger is used for stepping.

Bicycle shoes worn by bicycle racers and the like generally have a shoe stop protruding from the sole of the shoe, which engages with the shoe stop of the bicycle pedal, at the front of the sole. , a bicycle shoe disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-85787 has a protrusion on the front part of the sole that protrudes outward from the sole, and this protrusion has a tread of a bicycle pedal. There is one in which a shoe holder is integrally attached, which has an engaging recess that engages with a shoe sole latching part provided protruding from the shoe sole.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, in the shoe with the shoe clasp attached to the front of the sole as described above, the shoe clasp protrudes outward from the sole, making it difficult to walk. Moreover, since the pedal force is only transmitted to the pedal from the attachment part of the shoe holder, there is a problem that there is a loss in the transmission of the pedal force. Furthermore, since the distance between the inner surface of the sole and the axis of the pedal shaft becomes large, there is a problem in that the stability of the bicycle shoe is poor when it is attached to the pedal body.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned problems, and although it is a shoe with a shoe clasp attached to the sole, it can be made easier to walk in, and the tread force can be transmitted to the shoe clasp without transmission loss. Furthermore, it is an object of the present invention to improve stability when attached to a pedal.

(Means for solving the problem) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a
The shoes are made up of a shoe clasp 3 having an engaging part 31 that engages with a shoe latching part of a bicycle pedal, and a concave part 11 in the front part of the sole 1. A thin rigid reinforcing plate 2 covering the entire bottom of the concave portion is attached to the bottom of the concave portion 11, and the shoe stopper body 3 is attached to the outer surface of the reinforcing plate 2. be.

(Function) As described above, since the shoe stop body 3 can be disposed in the concave portion 11 formed in the front part of the sole 1,
It is possible to eliminate the protrusion of this shoe stopper body 3 from the sole of the shoe,
It is very easy to walk. Further, since the pedal force can be transmitted to the shoe stop body 3 via the thin rigid reinforcing plate 2 attached to the bottom of the recessed part 11, the pedal force can be efficiently transmitted to the pedal without transmission loss of the pedal force. be.

Moreover, since the shoe stopper body 3 is disposed within the recessed part 11, stability is improved when the engaging part 31 is engaged with the shoe stopper part of the bicycle pedal.

(Embodiments) Hereinafter, embodiments of bicycle shoes according to the present invention shown in the drawings will be described.

The bicycle shoes shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 have a sole 1
A concave part 11 that is open to the top and bottom of the sole 1 is formed in the front part of the sole 1, and a concave part 12 formed on the inner surface of the sole around the periphery of this concave part 11 covers the entire bottom of the concave part. A thin rigid reinforcing plate 2 is attached with a fixing means such as adhesive, and a shoe stopper body 3 having an engaging part 31 that engages with a shoe holding part 5 of a bicycle pedal is riveted to the outer surface of this reinforcing plate 2. It is attached using fixing means such as 4.

Further, this shoe stop 3 is disposed at a position opposite to a portion extending from the phalanx side to the phalanx of the metatarsal foot.

The rigid reinforcing plate 2 is disposed at a position opposite to the area extending from the arch of the foot to the fingertips, and is made of a composite sheet in which a woven sheet of high-strength fiber such as carbon fiber is impregnated with synthetic resin. There is. This sheet has the following characteristics: it is light, can be formed thinly, and is rigid. Note that the rigid reinforcing plate 2 may be formed of other strength-resistant materials.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the shoe locking part 5 of the pedal has a fixed claw 5a that locks the front end of the shoe holder 3, and a fixing claw 5a that locks the rear end of the shoe holder 3. a movable pawl 5b; a first blocking means 5c for blocking lateral movement of the shoe holder 3 to both sides in the width direction with respect to the pedal;
A second blocking means 5d is provided for blocking vertical movement of the shoe holder 3 in the rearward direction with respect to the pedal body.

The shoe holder 3 is provided at its front end with a protruding first engaging portion 31a that engages with the fixing claw 5a of the shoe latching portion 5 of the pedal,
Further, a protruding second engaging portion 31b that engages with the movable claw 5b of the shoe locking portion 5 is provided at the rear end, and a first blocking portion 31b of the shoe locking portion 5 is provided on the rear end side. It is formed in a shape that fits inside the means 5c and the second blocking means 5d.

Further, at two places on both sides of the front side of the shoe clasp 3 around the concave portion 11 of the sole 1, there is provided a cap that is approximately at the same height as the rear part of the sole 1 and slightly higher than the height of the shoe clasp 3. Front tread portions 13, 13 remain. and,
Guide portions 13a, 13a each having a tapered surface for guiding the shoe holder 3 to the shoe latching portion 5 of the pedal are provided on the shoe holder 3 side of the front tread portions 13, 13.

With the above configuration, when the bicycle shoes are attached to the pedals, as shown in FIG.
The first engaging part 31a of the shoe holder 3 is engaged with the fixed pawl 5a of the shoe locking part 5, and the second engaging part 31b is engaged with the movable pawl 5b of the shoe locking part 5 for installation.

Therefore, as mentioned above, the shoe stop body 3 is attached to the outer surface of the rigid reinforcing plate 2, which is attached so as to cover the entire bottom of the concave portion 11 formed in the front part of the sole 1, so that the tread force is reduced as described above. The information can be transmitted from the rigid reinforcing plate 2 to the shoe holder 3 without any transmission loss.

In addition, the pedaling force is transmitted from the phalanx side of the metatarsal bone to the rigid reinforcing plate 2, and this rigid reinforcing plate 2
Since it can be transmitted from the shoe stop body 3 to the pedal,
This allows the pedaling force of the foot to be optimally transmitted to the bicycle pedals.

Furthermore, since the shoe stopper 3 is disposed in the concave portion 11, the distance between the inner surface of the sole and the axis of the pedal shaft can be shortened, and the stability against the pedal when attached to the pedal is improved accordingly. It is.

Moreover, since the shoe clasp 3 is disposed in the recess 11 formed in the front part of the sole 1, and the front tread parts 13, 13 are provided at the front part of the sole 1, the shoe clasp 3
The protrusion from the sole 1 of the shoe can be eliminated, making it extremely easy to walk.

In addition, in this embodiment, the front tread portion 1
Guide portions 13a, 13a each having a tapered surface are provided on the side of the shoe holder 3, so that when the shoe holder 3 is engaged with the shoe latching portion 5 of the pedal, the shoe is not moved laterally to the pedal. Even if it is displaced, the shoe locking part 5
are guided by the guide portions 13a, 13a, which has the advantage that the shoe stop body 3 can be easily engaged with the shoe lock portion 5, and the front tread portions 13, 13 are located on both sides of the shoe sole. These front tread portions 13, 13
Since the gap is open in the front and back, even if the shoe stop body 3 is displaced in the front and rear direction with respect to the shoe locking part 5 when attached to the pedal, the shoe stop body 3 is connected to the shoe locking part 5. 5 is easy to engage.

In this embodiment, the two front tread portions 13, 13 are left around the recessed portion 11 provided in the sole 1, but the present invention is not limited to this. The front tread portion may remain around the entire circumference of 11.

Furthermore, the shape of the shoe holder 3 is not limited to that of this embodiment, but may be any other shape that is compatible with the shape of the shoe latching portion of various bicycle pedals.

Further, in this embodiment, the recessed portion 11 is provided in the front part of the sole 1 so as to open up and down, but the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. The portion 11 may be opened only downwardly without being opened vertically, and the upper side of the rigid reinforcing plate 2 may be covered with the thin portion 1a.
In this case, for example, a plurality of fitting projections 14 are provided on the outer surface of the thin portion 1a, and fitting holes into which these fitting projections 14 fit are provided in the reinforcing plate 2, and the fitting projections 14 are inserted into the fitting holes. The reinforcing plate 2 is fixed by fitting into a matching hole and deforming its tip.

(Effects of the invention) As described above, the present invention is constructed by attaching the shoe holder 3 having the engaging part 31 that engages with the shoe latching part of a bicycle pedal to the front part of the sole 1. In the shoe, a concave part 11 is formed in the front part of the sole 1, and a thin rigid reinforcing plate 2 is attached to the bottom of the concave part 11 to cover the entire bottom of the concave part.
Since the shoe is characterized by having the shoe stop 3 attached to the outer surface of the shoe, the shoe has the shoe stop 3 attached to the sole, but it is easy to walk in, and the tread force is transmitted to the shoe stop 3. This can be done without any transmission loss through the rigid reinforcing plate, and furthermore, the stability against the pedal when attached to the pedal can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of bicycle shoes according to the present invention, seen from the bottom side, and FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof.
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view of only the main parts showing another embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Sole, 2...Rigidity reinforcing plate, 3...Shoe stop, 11... Recessed part, 31... Engaging part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A shoe is provided with a shoe clasp 3 having an engaging portion 31 that engages with a shoe latching portion of a bicycle pedal attached to the front part of the sole 1, and the front part of the sole 1 has a recess. Part 1
1, and a thin rigid reinforcing plate 2 is attached to the bottom of the concave portion 11 to cover the entire bottom of the concave portion,
A bicycle shoe characterized in that the shoe stopper 3 is attached to the outer surface of the reinforcing plate 2.