EP1502515B1 - Shoe for cyclist with foot holder for automatic fastening pedal - Google Patents

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EP1502515B1
EP1502515B1 EP04291821A EP04291821A EP1502515B1 EP 1502515 B1 EP1502515 B1 EP 1502515B1 EP 04291821 A EP04291821 A EP 04291821A EP 04291821 A EP04291821 A EP 04291821A EP 1502515 B1 EP1502515 B1 EP 1502515B1
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  • the present invention relates to a shoe cyclist hold wedge of the shoe on a pedal with automatic fixing.
  • the concept of "automatic” is related to the fact that the shoe has a fastening member or wedge retainer in the form of a plate fixed under the sole of the boot and intended to trigger a hands-free attachment by simply requesting this hold against the means of attachment provided on the pedal.
  • These are connected to the body of the pedal and comprise a fixed front member engaging the wedge and a movable rear movable member which can be resiliently tilted between a release position of the hold and a retaining position thereof against a restraint plan on the pedal body.
  • the pedals of this kind differ from each other essentially by the implementation of the automatic fixing means used to connect the cleat to the pedal body.
  • These pedals are now widely known and will not be described in more detail, especially since they do not relate directly to the invention, but rather constitute the field of application of the invention.
  • the invention relates in particular to the implementation of a cyclist's shoe used with an automatic pedal and comprising means for fixing such a hold wedge.
  • these fastening means are arranged in the thickness of the sole and comprise three plates each of which is provided with a threaded hole adapted to cooperate a fastening screw passing through a hole made in the sole to secure the hold. restraint. These three plates are arranged in the corners of an imaginary triangle.
  • the retainer which has a generally triangular shape, has three longitudinal grooves, namely a front central groove and two rear lateral grooves, receiving the fixing screws.
  • a housing is formed around each groove to receive a spacer also provided with a longitudinal groove. The head of the corresponding fixing screw thus bears against this spacer. This arrangement allows the longitudinal positioning of the hold and the housing is sufficiently wide relative to the spacer to allow a certain transverse positioning to position the shim relative to the sole in a specific use position.
  • the initial positioning of the retaining wedge during its fixing under the sole of the boot is very important for the cyclist since the correct positioning conditions on the one hand the effectiveness of the pedaling by a good transmission of efforts, and allows on the other hand to avoid pathologies, muscular or articular, which can result from a bad position of the hold.
  • the retainer is a wear part that must be replaced periodically or after accidental damage.
  • the known shoes have no means for locating exactly the position of the shim relative to the sole and the user is reduced to using tracings or adhesives arranged under the sole before disassembly of a shim to replace it with a new hold so that it can be placed in exactly the same position as the previous one.
  • a cycling shoe having the features of the preamble of claim 1 is known from EP-A-1 236 410.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy this drawback by proposing a cyclist's shoe provided with means making it possible to "memorize” the current position of the hold and to save it for the correct positioning of a new hold.
  • the object of the invention is a cyclist's shoe comprising a sole provided with means for attaching a shim of the boot to an automatic pedal cycle, said fastening means comprising first fasteners arranged in the thickness of the soleplate facing through holes made in the soleplate and allowing said first fasteners to cooperate with second fasteners acting on said shim to tighten against the sole, and means for positioning the shim relative to the soleplate making it possible to place the shim in a determined position of use prior to attachment thereof by means of said fixing means, characterized in that it furthermore comprises a marking device comprising means for registering the shim said specific use position of the wedge allowing the establishment of another similar hold in said determined position of use, said locating means comprising a first locating member longitudinally displaceable relative to the sole, and a means of link passing through a longitudinal slot in the soleplate to connect said first locating member to a second locating member so as to immobilize them relative to each other in said determined use position of the wedge.
  • FIG. 1 shows a sole 1 of a cyclist's shoe (not shown) and a shim 2 for retaining the boot on a cycle pedal (not shown).
  • the shim 2 has in the example shown a generally triangular shape.
  • the sole 1 is provided with wedge fixing means arranged in the thickness of the sole.
  • these fixing means comprise a T-shaped element 3 housed in a recess 4 of the sole 1 and provided with a first fastener in the form of a threaded fastening hole 5 at each end adapted to receive , respectively, a second fixing member in the form of a fixing screw 6 of the shim 2 under the sole 1.
  • the fixing holes 5 are arranged opposite through holes 7 made in the sole.
  • the fastening screws 6 also extend through through holes 8 made in the holding wedge 2, to be screwed into the fastening holes 5 in the sole 1 in order to clamp the wedge against it.
  • the holes include a front center hole and two rear side holes.
  • the through holes 8 are in the form of longitudinal slots.
  • a shoulder 9 (see Figures 6 and 7) is formed on the outer face of the shim 2 around each longitudinal slot so as to define a housing 10 for an elongate spacer 11 provided with a longitudinal slot 12 aligned with the corresponding longitudinal slot 8 of the shim 2 and having a reduced width relative to the width of the slot 8, the first width corresponding essentially to the diameter of the screw shank 6.
  • each fastening screw 6 extends through the slots 8 and 12 so that its head bears against this spacer when clamping the wedge against the sole 1.
  • the housing 10 has a manner known per se greater width than that of the spacer 11 so as to allow some transverse displacement of the spacer inside the housing (see Figure 7).
  • the retaining shim 2 also comprises a central through hole 13 constituting, in a manner known per se, a housing for a non-skid pad 14 protruding from the outer face of the shim.
  • the fixing means of the shim 2 under the sole 1 are associated with a device 15 for identifying the position of use of the shim 2, enabling a new shim to be placed in this position. determined use.
  • a first embodiment of this locating device 15 is shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 and 10.
  • the marking device 15 comprises locating means comprising a first locating member 16 slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction inside the recess 4 of the sole 1, and a second locating member 17 placed in a housing 18 provided on the upper face of the retaining wedge 2. These first and second locating members 16, 17 can be moved longitudinally and transversely relative to the sole 1 to be immobilized in the determined use position of the wedge 2.
  • the first registration member 16 comprises a plate provided with a threaded hole 19 adapted to cooperate with the threaded rod of a screw 20 constituting a connecting member between the first and second registration members 16, 17.
  • This connecting member is adapted to immobilize the first and second registration members 16, 17 relative to each other by passing through a transverse slot 21 provided in the second registration member, also in the form of a plate, and a slot longitudinal 22 provided in the sole 1 to be screwed into the threaded hole 19 of the first register member 16.
  • the fixing means of the shim 2 comprise a T-plate 3 carrying a threaded fixing hole 5 at each end
  • the wafer 16 is slidably mounted as a slider on the web of the T-plate and therefore, this T-plate is provided with a longitudinal slot 23 disposed facing the longitudinal slot 22 of the sole 1 to allow the fastening screw 20 to pass and move longitudinally while being guided in the slots 22, 23.
  • the first registration member 16 in the form of a plate advantageously comprises on its underside a protrusion 24 (see FIG. 6) which protrudes into the longitudinal slot 23 of the T-shaped element so as to form a guide means for the wafer 16 during the longitudinal displacement of the latter.
  • the first registration member 16 preferably further comprises a pair of lateral tabs 25. These tabs also provide the locking in rotation of the register member 16 during the tightening of the fixing screw 20.
  • the plate of the second registration member 17 can freely enter the housing 18 provided on the upper face of the holding wedge 2 when it is fixed under the sole 1. When this plate is in the housing 18, it is there completely blocked by a complementarity of forms at least partially between the shape of the contour of the wafer and the inner shape of the housing (see Figure 4).
  • the wafer has at its rear end a central notch 26 adapted to receive a projection in the form of a central rib 27 of complementary shape at the rear of the housing 18.
  • the central rib 27 comes into longitudinal abutment against the bottom of the notch 26 of the second locating member 17.
  • the latter has at its front end a rounded protuberance 28 having a shape adapted to cooperate with a recess 29 of FIG. corresponding form of housing 18.
  • the plate of the second registration member 17 comprises around the transverse slot 21 a shoulder 30 disposed on the outer face of the plate to serve as a bearing surface to the head of the fixing screw 20 of the marking device 15 .
  • FIG. 7 A second embodiment of the tracking device according to the invention is shown in Figures 7 and 8, while Figures 4, 5 and 9 may be considered as common to both embodiments.
  • FIG. 7 is an exploded view of this second embodiment which differs essentially from the first embodiment in that the T-element acts as a first registration member and therefore the wafer 16 of the first embodiment has been removed.
  • the T-piece is thus mounted longitudinally displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the sole 1 and has instead of the longitudinal slot 23 a tapped hole 19 for receiving the fixing screw 20 of the second locating member 17 against the face. bottom of sole 1.
  • the through holes 7 fixing the wedge under the sole 1 are constituted not by circular holes, but by longitudinal slots to allow the longitudinal displacement of the element T 3.
  • the longitudinal slot 22 of the first embodiment remains the same.
  • the T-shaped element 3 For guiding the T-shaped element 3, it advantageously comprises on its underside around at least two of the fixing holes 5 and 19 a protuberance 24 projecting into a corresponding slot.
  • a protuberance 24 projecting into a corresponding slot.
  • the two holes 5, 19 which are aligned with one another on the core of the element are preferably chosen.
  • these protuberances 24 can easily be obtained without specific machining when the tapped holes are made and it is of course advantageous to provide around all four fixing holes 5, 19 such guiding protrusion.
  • the tracking device 15 it is therefore possible to perform, during the first installation of a retaining wedge 2 under the sole 1 of the shoe, a single initial positioning of the wedge in the longitudinal and transverse directions relative to the sole 1 to place the shim in a position of specific use optimally adapted to the user, and to find the same position of use determined when replacing the shim by a new similar hold.
  • the marking device 15 remains fixed under the sole after removal of the first shim (see Figure 10) so as to locate the exact position thereof.
  • the marking device 15 will move automatically with the shim 2 during positioning thereof.
  • the fixing screw 20 of the marking device 15 remains accessible through the central through hole 13 receiving the non-slip pad 14 so that it is possible to adjust the position of use of the hold at any time. first loosening the fixing screw 20 of the marking device 15 and then the three fixing screws 6 of the shim. Then, the shim can be moved with the registration device 15 in the longitudinal and transverse directions and when the adjustment is completed, all the screws 6 and 20 are tightened again.
  • the pad also acts as a protective cap for this screw.

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The shoe has a slit and a spacer (8, 11) to position a wedge (2) with respect to a sole (1) for allowing the placement of the wedge in a use position determined before the fixation of the wedge using fixation units (5, 6). A locating device has locating units (3, 16, 17) to locate the determined position of the wedge to permit the placement of another wedge in the determined position.

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La présente invention concerne une chaussure de cycliste à cale de retenue de la chaussure sur une pédale à fixation automatique.The present invention relates to a shoe cyclist hold wedge of the shoe on a pedal with automatic fixing.

La notion de "automatique" est liée au fait que la chaussure porte un organe d'accrochage ou cale de retenue sous forme d'une plaque fixée sous la semelle de la chaussure et destinée à déclencher une fixation à mains libres en sollicitant tout simplement cette cale contre les moyens de fixation prévus sur la pédale. Ces derniers sont reliés au corps de la pédale et comprennent un organe avant fixe d'engagement de la cale et un organe arrière mobile de retenue qui peut être élastiquement basculé entre une position de libération de la cale et une position de retenue de celui-ci contre un plan de retenue sur le corps de pédale.The concept of "automatic" is related to the fact that the shoe has a fastening member or wedge retainer in the form of a plate fixed under the sole of the boot and intended to trigger a hands-free attachment by simply requesting this hold against the means of attachment provided on the pedal. These are connected to the body of the pedal and comprise a fixed front member engaging the wedge and a movable rear movable member which can be resiliently tilted between a release position of the hold and a retaining position thereof against a restraint plan on the pedal body.

Les pédales de ce genre diffèrent les unes des autres essentiellement par la mise en oeuvre des moyens de fixation automatique utilisés pour relier la cale au corps de pédale. Ces pédales sont aujourd'hui largement connues et ne seront pas décrites plus en détail, d'autant plus qu'elles ne se rapportent pas directement à l'invention, mais constituent plutôt le domaine d'application de l'invention.The pedals of this kind differ from each other essentially by the implementation of the automatic fixing means used to connect the cleat to the pedal body. These pedals are now widely known and will not be described in more detail, especially since they do not relate directly to the invention, but rather constitute the field of application of the invention.

Ainsi, l'invention porte en particulier sur la mise en oeuvre d'une chaussure de cycliste utilisée avec une pédale automatique et comportant des moyens de fixation d'une telle cale de retenue. Dans une chaussure connue, ces moyens de fixation sont disposés dans l'épaisseur de la semelle et comportent trois plaquettes dont chacune est pourvue d'un trou taraudé apte à coopérer une vis de fixation passant par un trou effectué dans la semelle pour fixer la cale de retenue. Ces trois plaquettes sont disposées dans les angles d'un triangle imaginaire.Thus, the invention relates in particular to the implementation of a cyclist's shoe used with an automatic pedal and comprising means for fixing such a hold wedge. In a known shoe, these fastening means are arranged in the thickness of the sole and comprise three plates each of which is provided with a threaded hole adapted to cooperate a fastening screw passing through a hole made in the sole to secure the hold. restraint. These three plates are arranged in the corners of an imaginary triangle.

La cale de retenue, qui a une forme globalement triangulaire, comporte trois rainures longitudinales, à savoir une rainure centrale avant et deux rainures latérales arrière, recevant les vis de fixation. Un logement est formé autour de chaque rainure pour recevoir une entretoise également pourvue d'une rainure longitudinale. La tête de la vis de fixation correspondante prend ainsi appui contre cette entretoise. Cette disposition permet le positionnement longitudinal de la cale et le logement est suffisamment large par rapport à l'entretoise pour permettre un certain positionnement transversal afin de positionner la cale par rapport à la semelle dans une position d'utilisation déterminée.The retainer, which has a generally triangular shape, has three longitudinal grooves, namely a front central groove and two rear lateral grooves, receiving the fixing screws. A housing is formed around each groove to receive a spacer also provided with a longitudinal groove. The head of the corresponding fixing screw thus bears against this spacer. This arrangement allows the longitudinal positioning of the hold and the housing is sufficiently wide relative to the spacer to allow a certain transverse positioning to position the shim relative to the sole in a specific use position.

En effet, le positionnement initial de la cale de retenue lors de sa fixation sous la semelle de la chaussure est très important pour le cycliste puisque le positionnement correct conditionne d'une part l'efficacité du pédalage par une bonne transmission des efforts, et permet d'autre part d'éviter des pathologies, musculaires ou articulaires, qui peuvent découler d'une mauvaise position de la cale.Indeed, the initial positioning of the retaining wedge during its fixing under the sole of the boot is very important for the cyclist since the correct positioning conditions on the one hand the effectiveness of the pedaling by a good transmission of efforts, and allows on the other hand to avoid pathologies, muscular or articular, which can result from a bad position of the hold.

Par ailleurs, lorsque l'utilisateur marche sur le sol, et en fonction de la nature de celui-ci, la cale fixée sous la semelle est soumise à des sollicitations et agressions sévères telles que chocs et rayures qui la détériorent relativement rapidement, d'autant plus que ces cales sont généralement en matière plastique. Par conséquent, la cale de retenue constitue une pièce d'usure qui doit être remplacée périodiquement ou après une détérioration accidentelle.Furthermore, when the user walks on the ground, and depending on the nature of the latter, the shim fixed under the sole is subjected to severe stresses and aggressions such as shocks and scratches which deteriorate relatively quickly, d ' as much as these holds are generally made of plastic. Therefore, the retainer is a wear part that must be replaced periodically or after accidental damage.

Cependant, les chaussures connues ne comportent aucun moyen permettant de repérer exactement la position de la cale par rapport à la semelle et l'utilisateur en est réduit à s'aider de tracés ou d'adhésifs disposés sous la semelle avant démontage d'une cale en vue de son remplacement par une nouvelle cale afin de pouvoir placer celle-ci dans exactement la même position que celle de la précédente.However, the known shoes have no means for locating exactly the position of the shim relative to the sole and the user is reduced to using tracings or adhesives arranged under the sole before disassembly of a shim to replace it with a new hold so that it can be placed in exactly the same position as the previous one.

Une chaussure de cycliste ayant les caractéristiques du préambule de la revendication 1 est connue du document EP-A-1 236 410.A cycling shoe having the features of the preamble of claim 1 is known from EP-A-1 236 410.

L'invention a pour but de remédier à cet inconvénient en proposant une chaussure de cycliste pourvue de moyens permettant de "mémoriser" la position actuelle de la cale et de la sauvegarder pour le positionnement correct d'une nouvelle cale.The object of the invention is to remedy this drawback by proposing a cyclist's shoe provided with means making it possible to "memorize" the current position of the hold and to save it for the correct positioning of a new hold.

L'objet de l'invention est une chaussure de cycliste comportant une semelle pourvue de moyens de fixation d'une cale de retenue de la chaussure sur une pédale automatique de cycle, lesdits moyens de fixation comportant des premiers organes de fixation disposés dans l'épaisseur de la semelle en regard de trous traversants effectués dans la semelle et permettant auxdits premiers organes de fixation de coopérer avec des deuxièmes organes de fixation agissant sur ladite cale pour la serrer contre la semelle, et des moyens de positionnement de la cale par rapport à la semelle permettant de placer la cale dans une position d'utilisation déterminée avant la fixation de celle-ci à l'aide desdits moyens de fixation, caractérisée par le fait qu'elle comporte en outre un dispositif de repérage comportant des moyens de repérage de ladite position d'utilisation déterminée de la cale permettant la mise en place d'une autre cale similaire dans ladite position d'utilisation déterminée, lesdits moyens de repérage comportant un premier organe de repérage longitudinalement déplaçable par rapport à la semelle, et un moyen de liaison traversant une fente longitudinale dans la semelle afin de relier ledit premier organe de repérage à un deuxième organe de repérage de manière à les immobiliser l'un par rapport à l'autre dans ladite position d'utilisation déterminée de la cale.The object of the invention is a cyclist's shoe comprising a sole provided with means for attaching a shim of the boot to an automatic pedal cycle, said fastening means comprising first fasteners arranged in the thickness of the soleplate facing through holes made in the soleplate and allowing said first fasteners to cooperate with second fasteners acting on said shim to tighten against the sole, and means for positioning the shim relative to the soleplate making it possible to place the shim in a determined position of use prior to attachment thereof by means of said fixing means, characterized in that it furthermore comprises a marking device comprising means for registering the shim said specific use position of the wedge allowing the establishment of another similar hold in said determined position of use, said locating means comprising a first locating member longitudinally displaceable relative to the sole, and a means of link passing through a longitudinal slot in the soleplate to connect said first locating member to a second locating member so as to immobilize them relative to each other in said determined use position of the wedge.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques de l'invention :

  • ledit deuxième organe de repérage est transversalement déplaçable par rapport à la semelle ;
  • le premier organe de repérage est disposé dans un évidement de la semelle et le deuxième organe de repérage est reçu dans un logement prévu sur la face supérieure de la cale ;
  • ledit premier organe de repérage est monté coulissant dans le sens longitudinal de la semelle, et ledit deuxième organe de repérage comporte une rainure transversale recevant ledit moyen de liaison de manière à permettre le déplacement dudit deuxième organe de repérage dans le sens transversal de la semelle ;
  • lesdits moyens de repérage - comportent un élément en T s'étendant dans le sens longitudinal de la semelle et portant à chaque extrémité un trou de fixation recevant un desdits moyens de fixation de la cale ;
  • ledit premier organe de repérage comporte ledit élément en T monté coulissant dans le sens longitudinal de la semelle et pourvu d'un trou de fixation apte à recevoir ledit moyen de liaison desdits premier et deuxième organes de repérage, et lesdits trous traversants dans la semelle sont constitués par des fentes longitudinales disposées en regard desdits trous de fixation dans ledit élément en T ;
  • ledit élément en T comporte sur sa face inférieure autour d'au moins deux des trous de fixation une protubérance respective faisant saillie dans une des fentes correspondantes de la semelle de manière à former des moyens de guidage dudit élément en T lors du déplacement longitudinal de celui-ci ;
  • ledit premier organe de repérage comporte un élément monté coulissant sur l'âme de l'élément en T et pourvu d'un trou de fixation apte à recevoir ledit moyen de liaison desdits premier et deuxième organes de repérage, et ledit élément en T comporte une fente longitudinale de réception dudit moyen de liaison desdits premier et deuxième organes de repérage ;
  • ledit premier organe de repérage comporte sur sa face inférieure autour dudit trou de fixation une protubérance faisant saillie dans ladite fente longitudinale de l'élément en T de manière à former un moyen de guidage dudit premier organe de repérage lors du déplacement longitudinal de celui-ci ;
  • ledit premier organe de repérage comporte une paire de pattes latérales s'étendant de part et d'autre de l'âme de l'élément en T de manière à former des organes de guidage latéral ;
  • ledit deuxième organe de repérage est sous forme d'une plaquette apte à être bloquée dans ledit logement sur la face supérieure de la cale par une complémentarité de formes au moins partielle entre la forme du contour de ladite plaquette et la forme intérieure dudit logement ;
  • ladite plaquette comporte à son extrémité arrière une échancrure recevant une saillie dans ledit logement sur la face supérieure de la cale ;
  • ladite plaquette comporte à son extrémité avant une protubérance présentant une forme apte à coopérer avec un évidement de forme correspondante dudit logement.
According to other features of the invention:
  • said second registration member is transversely displaceable with respect to the sole;
  • the first locating member is disposed in a recess of the sole and the second locating member is received in a recess provided on the upper face of the wedge;
  • said first registration member is slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction of the sole, and said second registration member comprises a transverse groove receiving said connecting means so as to allow the displacement of said second marker member in the transverse direction of the sole;
  • said marking means - comprise a T-element extending in the longitudinal direction of the sole and carrying at each end a fixing hole receiving one of said wedge fixing means;
  • said first locating member comprises said T-element slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction of the soleplate and provided with a fixing hole adapted to receive said connecting means of said first and second locating members, and said through-holes in the soleplate are constituted by longitudinal slots arranged facing said fixing holes in said T-element;
  • said T-shaped element has on its underside around at least two of the mounting holes a respective protrusion protruding into one of the corresponding slots of the soleplate so as to form means for guiding said T-element during the longitudinal displacement of the -this ;
  • said first locating member comprises a member slidably mounted on the core of the T-piece and provided with a fixing hole adapted to receive said connection means of said first and second locating members, and said T-element comprises a longitudinal slot for receiving said connecting means of said first and second registration members;
  • said first registration member comprises on its underside around said fixing hole a projection protruding into said longitudinal slot of the T-shaped member so as to form a means for guiding said first registration member during the longitudinal movement thereof ;
  • said first registration member comprises a pair of lateral tabs extending on either side of the web of the T-member so as to form lateral guide members;
  • said second registration member is in the form of a wafer capable of being locked in said housing on the upper face of the shim by a complementarity of at least partial shapes between the shape of the contour of said wafer and the inner shape of said housing;
  • said plate has at its rear end a notch receiving a projection in said housing on the upper face of the shim;
  • said plate comprises at its front end a protrusion having a shape adapted to cooperate with a recess of corresponding shape of said housing.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront de la description qui va suivre de deux modes de réalisation non limitatifs de l'invention, en référence aux figures annexées dans lesquelles :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective éclatée d'une semelle de chaussure de cycliste et d'une cale de retenue à fixer sous la chaussure, ces éléments comportant un dispositif de repérage de la position relative semelle-cale selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue partielle en perspective montrant un élément en T logé dans un évidement de la semelle et comportant trois trous taraudés de fixation d'une cale, et une rainure recevant une vis du dispositif de repérage ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en perspective correspondant à celle de la figure 2, complétée par un premier organe de repérage formant curseur sur l'âme de l'élément en T, le curseur étant pourvu d'un trou taraudé de fixation de la vis du dispositif de repérage ;
  • la figure 4 est une vue en perspective montrant une cale pourvue d'un logement de réception d'un deuxième organe de repérage présentant la forme d'une plaquette, cette plaquette étant pourvue d'une rainure transversale ;
  • la figure 5A est une vue en perspective du deuxième organe de repérage de la figure 4;
  • la figure 5B est une vue de dessous du deuxième organe de repérage de la figure 4 ;
  • la figure 6 est une vue partielle en coupe longitudinale montrant la cale fixée sous la semelle de la chaussure et le dispositif de repérage définissant la position d'utilisation de la cale ;
  • la figure 7 est une vue en perspective éclatée d'une semelle de chaussure de cycliste et d'une cale de retenue à fixer sous la chaussure, ces éléments comportant un dispositif de repérage de la position relative semelle-cale selon un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • la figure 8 est une vue en perspective de dessous d'un élément en T de la figure 7 ;
  • la figure 9 est une vue de dessous de la semelle de chaussure avec la cale fixée sous la semelle ;
  • la figure 10 correspond à la figure 9 après enlèvement de la cale avec ses vis de fixation, alors que le deuxième organe de repérage reste sur place pour définir la position d'utilisation déterminée de la cale enlevée en attente d'une nouvelle cale.
Other features and advantages of the invention will emerge from the following description of two non-limiting embodiments of the invention, with reference to the appended figures in which:
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a cyclist's shoe sole and a wedge for fixing to be fixed under the boot, these elements including a device for locating the relative position of the sole-shim according to a first embodiment. of the invention;
  • Figure 2 is a partial perspective view showing a T-shaped element housed in a recess of the sole and having three threaded holes for fixing a wedge, and a groove receiving a screw of the locating device;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view corresponding to that of FIG. 2, completed by a first cursor forming member on the core of the T-shaped element, the slider being provided with a threaded hole for fixing the screw; the tracking device;
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a shim provided with a receiving housing of a second registration member having the form of a wafer, this wafer being provided with a transverse groove;
  • Figure 5A is a perspective view of the second registration member of Figure 4;
  • Figure 5B is a bottom view of the second registration member of Figure 4;
  • Figure 6 is a partial longitudinal sectional view showing the shim fixed under the sole of the shoe and the locating device defining the position of use of the shim;
  • FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a sole of a cyclist's shoe and a wedge for fixing to be fixed under the boot, these elements comprising a device for locating the relative position of the sole-shim according to a second embodiment. of the invention;
  • Fig. 8 is a bottom perspective view of a T-piece of Fig. 7;
  • Figure 9 is a bottom view of the shoe sole with the shim fixed under the sole;
  • Figure 10 corresponds to Figure 9 after removal of the wedge with its fixing screws, while the second locating member remains in place to define the determined use position of the shim removed waiting for a new shim.

Dans les figures, les éléments identiques ou équivalents porteront les mêmes signes de référence.In the figures, identical or equivalent elements will bear the same reference signs.

La vue éclatée de la figure 1 montre une semelle 1 d'une chaussure de cycliste (non représentée) et une cale 2 de retenue de la chaussure sur une pédale de cycle (non représentée). La cale 2 présente dans l'exemple illustré une forme globalement triangulaire.The exploded view of FIG. 1 shows a sole 1 of a cyclist's shoe (not shown) and a shim 2 for retaining the boot on a cycle pedal (not shown). The shim 2 has in the example shown a generally triangular shape.

La semelle 1 est pourvue de moyens de fixation de la cale disposés dans l'épaisseur de la semelle. Dans l'exemple illustré, ces moyens de fixation comportent un élément en T 3 logé dans un évidement 4 de la semelle 1 et pourvu d'un premier organe de fixation sous forme d'un trou de fixation taraudé 5 à chaque extrémité apte à recevoir, respectivement, un deuxième organe de fixation sous forme d'une vis de fixation 6 de la cale 2 sous la semelle 1. Les trous de fixation 5 sont disposés en regard de trous traversants 7 effectués dans la semelle.The sole 1 is provided with wedge fixing means arranged in the thickness of the sole. In the illustrated example, these fixing means comprise a T-shaped element 3 housed in a recess 4 of the sole 1 and provided with a first fastener in the form of a threaded fastening hole 5 at each end adapted to receive , respectively, a second fixing member in the form of a fixing screw 6 of the shim 2 under the sole 1. The fixing holes 5 are arranged opposite through holes 7 made in the sole.

Les vis de fixation 6 s'étendent également à travers des trous traversants 8 effectués dans la cale de retenue 2, pour être vissées dans les trous de fixation 5 dans la semelle 1 afin de serrer la cale contre celle-ci. Les trous comprennent un trou central avant et deux trous latéraux arrière.The fastening screws 6 also extend through through holes 8 made in the holding wedge 2, to be screwed into the fastening holes 5 in the sole 1 in order to clamp the wedge against it. The holes include a front center hole and two rear side holes.

Afin de permettre le positionnement longitudinal de la cale de retenue 2 par rapport à la semelle 1, les trous traversants 8 sont sous forme de fentes longitudinales. Un épaulement 9 (voir figures 6 et 7) est formé sur la face extérieure de la cale 2 autour de chaque fente longitudinale de manière à définir un logement 10 pour une entretoise allongée 11 pourvue d'une fente longitudinale 12 alignée sur la fente longitudinale correspondante 8 de la cale 2 et présentant une largeur réduite par rapport à la largeur de la fente 8, la première largeur correspondant essentiellement au diamètre de la tige de la vis 6.To allow the longitudinal positioning of the retaining shim 2 relative to the sole 1, the through holes 8 are in the form of longitudinal slots. A shoulder 9 (see Figures 6 and 7) is formed on the outer face of the shim 2 around each longitudinal slot so as to define a housing 10 for an elongate spacer 11 provided with a longitudinal slot 12 aligned with the corresponding longitudinal slot 8 of the shim 2 and having a reduced width relative to the width of the slot 8, the first width corresponding essentially to the diameter of the screw shank 6.

Ainsi, chaque vis de fixation 6 s'étend par les fentes 8 et 12 de sorte que sa tête prenne appui contre cette entretoise lors du serrage de la cale contre la semelle 1.Thus, each fastening screw 6 extends through the slots 8 and 12 so that its head bears against this spacer when clamping the wedge against the sole 1.

Afin de permettre également un certain positionnement transversal de la cale 2 par rapport à la semelle 1, le logement 10 présente de manière connue en soi une largeur plus importante que celle de l'entretoise 11 de manière à permettre un certain déplacement transversal de l'entretoise à l'intérieur du logement (voir figure 7).To also allow a certain transverse positioning of the shim 2 relative to the sole 1, the housing 10 has a manner known per se greater width than that of the spacer 11 so as to allow some transverse displacement of the spacer inside the housing (see Figure 7).

Avant de fixer définitivement la cale 2 sous la semelle 1, il est ainsi possible d'effectuer un positionnement longitudinal et transversal de la cale pour la placer dans une position d'utilisation déterminée correspondant à une position optimale.Before permanently fixing the shim 2 under the sole 1, it is thus possible to perform a longitudinal and transverse positioning of the shim to place it in a specific use position corresponding to an optimum position.

La cale de retenue 2 comporte également un trou traversant central 13 constituant, de manière connue en soi, un logement pour un patin antidérapant 14 faisant saillie sur la face extérieure de la cale.The retaining shim 2 also comprises a central through hole 13 constituting, in a manner known per se, a housing for a non-skid pad 14 protruding from the outer face of the shim.

Selon l'invention, les moyens de fixation de la cale 2 sous la semelle 1 sont associés à un dispositif de repérage 15 de la position d'utilisation déterminée de la cale 2 permettant la mise en place d'une nouvelle cale similaire dans cette position d'utilisation déterminée. Un premier mode de réalisation de ce dispositif de repérage 15 est montré aux figures 1 à 6 et 10.According to the invention, the fixing means of the shim 2 under the sole 1 are associated with a device 15 for identifying the position of use of the shim 2, enabling a new shim to be placed in this position. determined use. A first embodiment of this locating device 15 is shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 and 10.

Le dispositif de repérage 15 comprend des moyens de repérage comportant un premier organe de repérage 16 monté coulissant dans le sens longitudinal à l'intérieur de l'évidement 4 de la semelle 1, et un deuxième organe de repérage 17 placé dans un logement 18 prévu sur la face supérieure de la cale de retenue 2. Ces premier et deuxième organes de repérage 16, 17 peuvent être déplacés longitudinalement et transversalement par rapport à la semelle 1 pour être immobilisés dans la position d'utilisation déterminée de la cale 2.The marking device 15 comprises locating means comprising a first locating member 16 slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction inside the recess 4 of the sole 1, and a second locating member 17 placed in a housing 18 provided on the upper face of the retaining wedge 2. These first and second locating members 16, 17 can be moved longitudinally and transversely relative to the sole 1 to be immobilized in the determined use position of the wedge 2.

Le premier organe de repérage 16 comporte une plaquette pourvue d'un trou taraudé 19 apte à coopérer avec la tige filetée d'une vis 20 constituant un organe de liaison entre les premier et deuxième organes de repérage 16, 17.The first registration member 16 comprises a plate provided with a threaded hole 19 adapted to cooperate with the threaded rod of a screw 20 constituting a connecting member between the first and second registration members 16, 17.

Cet organe de liaison est apte à immobiliser les premier et deuxième organes de repérage 16, 17 l'un par rapport à l'autre en traversant une fente transversale 21 prévue dans le deuxième organe de repérage, également sous forme de plaquette, et une fente longitudinale 22 prévue dans la semelle 1 pour venir se visser dans le trou taraudé 19 du premier organe de repérage 16.This connecting member is adapted to immobilize the first and second registration members 16, 17 relative to each other by passing through a transverse slot 21 provided in the second registration member, also in the form of a plate, and a slot longitudinal 22 provided in the sole 1 to be screwed into the threaded hole 19 of the first register member 16.

Dans l'exemple illustré sur les figures, dans lequel les moyens de fixation de la cale 2 comportent une plaque en T 3 portant un trou taraudé de fixation 5 à chaque extrémité, la plaquette 16 est montée coulissante comme un curseur sur l'âme de la plaque en T et par conséquent, cette plaque en T est pourvue d'une fente longitudinale 23 disposée en regard de la fente longitudinale 22 de la semelle 1 afin de permettre à la vis de fixation 20 de passer et de se déplacer longitudinalement en étant guidée dans les fentes 22, 23.In the example illustrated in the figures, in which the fixing means of the shim 2 comprise a T-plate 3 carrying a threaded fixing hole 5 at each end, the wafer 16 is slidably mounted as a slider on the web of the T-plate and therefore, this T-plate is provided with a longitudinal slot 23 disposed facing the longitudinal slot 22 of the sole 1 to allow the fastening screw 20 to pass and move longitudinally while being guided in the slots 22, 23.

Le premier organe de repérage 16 sous forme de plaquette comporte avantageusement sur sa face inférieure une protubérance 24 (voir figure 6) qui fait saillie dans la fente longitudinale 23 de l'élément en T de manière à former un moyen de guidage de la plaquette 16 lors du déplacement longitudinal de celle-ci.The first registration member 16 in the form of a plate advantageously comprises on its underside a protrusion 24 (see FIG. 6) which protrudes into the longitudinal slot 23 of the T-shaped element so as to form a guide means for the wafer 16 during the longitudinal displacement of the latter.

Afin de maintenir le premier organe de repérage 16 en place sur l'élément en T 3 lorsque la vis de fixation 20 est absente, le premier organe de repérage 16 comporte en outre de préférence une paire de pattes latérales 25. Ces pattes assurent aussi le blocage en rotation de l'organe de repérage 16 pendant le serrage de la vis de fixation 20.In order to keep the first registration member 16 in place on the T-piece 3 when the fastening screw 20 is absent, the first registration member 16 preferably further comprises a pair of lateral tabs 25. These tabs also provide the locking in rotation of the register member 16 during the tightening of the fixing screw 20.

La plaquette du deuxième organe de repérage 17 peut entrer librement dans le logement 18 prévu sur la face supérieure de la cale de retenue 2 lorsque celle-ci est fixée sous la semelle 1. Lorsque cette plaquette se trouve dans le logement 18, elle y est entièrement bloquée par une complémentarité de formes au moins partielle entre la forme du contour de la plaquette et la forme intérieure du logement (voir figure 4).The plate of the second registration member 17 can freely enter the housing 18 provided on the upper face of the holding wedge 2 when it is fixed under the sole 1. When this plate is in the housing 18, it is there completely blocked by a complementarity of forms at least partially between the shape of the contour of the wafer and the inner shape of the housing (see Figure 4).

Pour mieux guider la plaquette du deuxième organe de repérage 17 lors de sa mise en place dans le logement 18 de la cale 2, la plaquette comporte à son extrémité arrière une échancrure centrale 26 apte à recevoir une saillie sous forme d'une nervure centrale 27 de forme complémentaire à l'arrière du logement 18. Ainsi, la nervure centrale 27 vient en butée longitudinale contre le fond de l'échancrure 26 du deuxième organe de repérage 17.To better guide the wafer of the second registration member 17 when it is placed in the housing 18 of the shim 2, the wafer has at its rear end a central notch 26 adapted to receive a projection in the form of a central rib 27 of complementary shape at the rear of the housing 18. Thus, the central rib 27 comes into longitudinal abutment against the bottom of the notch 26 of the second locating member 17.

Dans l'exemple illustré, et également pour faciliter le guidage de la plaquette 17 lors de sa mise en place dans le logement 18, celle-ci comporte à son extrémité avant une protubérance arrondie 28 présentant une forme apte à coopérer avec un évidement 29 de forme correspondante du logement 18.In the example illustrated, and also to facilitate the guiding of the wafer 17 when it is placed in the housing 18, the latter has at its front end a rounded protuberance 28 having a shape adapted to cooperate with a recess 29 of FIG. corresponding form of housing 18.

Par ailleurs, la plaquette du deuxième organe de repérage 17 comporte autour de la fente transversale 21 un épaulement 30 disposé sur la face extérieure de la plaquette pour servir de surface d'appui à la tête de la vis de fixation 20 du dispositif de repérage 15.Furthermore, the plate of the second registration member 17 comprises around the transverse slot 21 a shoulder 30 disposed on the outer face of the plate to serve as a bearing surface to the head of the fixing screw 20 of the marking device 15 .

Un deuxième mode de réalisation du dispositif de repérage selon l'invention est montré aux figures 7 et 8, alors que les figures 4, 5 et 9 peuvent être considérées comme communes aux deux modes de réalisation.A second embodiment of the tracking device according to the invention is shown in Figures 7 and 8, while Figures 4, 5 and 9 may be considered as common to both embodiments.

La figure 7 est une vue éclatée de ce deuxième mode de réalisation qui diffère essentiellement du premier mode de réalisation par le fait que l'élément en T fait fonction de premier organe de repérage et que par conséquent, la plaquette 16 du premier mode de réalisation a été supprimée.FIG. 7 is an exploded view of this second embodiment which differs essentially from the first embodiment in that the T-element acts as a first registration member and therefore the wafer 16 of the first embodiment has been removed.

L'élément en T est ainsi monté longitudinalement déplaçable dans le sens longitudinal de la semelle 1 et il comporte à la place de la fente longitudinale 23 un trou taraudé 19 destiné à recevoir la vis de fixation 20 du deuxième organe de repérage 17 contre la face inférieure de la semelle 1.The T-piece is thus mounted longitudinally displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the sole 1 and has instead of the longitudinal slot 23 a tapped hole 19 for receiving the fixing screw 20 of the second locating member 17 against the face. bottom of sole 1.

En outre, les trous traversants 7 de fixation de la cale sous la semelle 1 sont ici constitués non pas par des trous circulaires, mais par des fentes longitudinales afin de permettre le déplacement longitudinal de l'élément en T 3. La fente longitudinale 22 du premier mode de réalisation reste la même.In addition, the through holes 7 fixing the wedge under the sole 1 are constituted not by circular holes, but by longitudinal slots to allow the longitudinal displacement of the element T 3. The longitudinal slot 22 of the first embodiment remains the same.

Pour le guidage de l'élément en T 3, celui-ci comporte avantageusement sur sa face inférieure autour d'au moins deux des trous de fixation 5 et 19 une protubérance 24 faisant saillie dans une fente correspondante. Dans le cas où seuls deux des trous de fixation 5, 19 sont pourvus d'une telle protubérance 24, on choisit de préférence les deux trous 5, 19 qui sont alignés l'un sur l'autre sur l'âme de l'élément en T. Cependant, ces protubérances 24 peuvent facilement être obtenues sans usinage spécifique lorsque les trous taraudés sont effectués et il est bien entendu avantageux de prévoir autour de tous les quatre trous de fixation 5, 19 une telle protubérance de guidage.For guiding the T-shaped element 3, it advantageously comprises on its underside around at least two of the fixing holes 5 and 19 a protuberance 24 projecting into a corresponding slot. In the case where only two of the fixing holes 5, 19 are provided with such a protuberance 24, the two holes 5, 19 which are aligned with one another on the core of the element are preferably chosen. However, these protuberances 24 can easily be obtained without specific machining when the tapped holes are made and it is of course advantageous to provide around all four fixing holes 5, 19 such guiding protrusion.

Grâce à la présence du dispositif de repérage 15 selon l'invention, il est donc possible d'effectuer, lors de la première installation d'une cale de retenue 2 sous la semelle 1 de la chaussure, un seul positionnement initial de la cale dans les sens longitudinal et transversal par rapport à la semelle 1 pour placer la cale dans une position d'utilisation déterminée adaptée à l'utilisateur de façon optimale, et de retrouver cette même position d'utilisation déterminée lors du remplacement de la cale par une nouvelle cale similaire. Dans ce but, seul le dispositif de repérage 15 reste fixé sous la semelle après enlèvement de la première cale (voir figure 10) de manière à repérer la position exacte de celle-ci.Thanks to the presence of the tracking device 15 according to the invention, it is therefore possible to perform, during the first installation of a retaining wedge 2 under the sole 1 of the shoe, a single initial positioning of the wedge in the longitudinal and transverse directions relative to the sole 1 to place the shim in a position of specific use optimally adapted to the user, and to find the same position of use determined when replacing the shim by a new similar hold. For this purpose, only the marking device 15 remains fixed under the sole after removal of the first shim (see Figure 10) so as to locate the exact position thereof.

A noter que lors de la première installation de la cale de retenue 2, on doit d'abord, après avoir placé la plaquette du deuxième organe de repérage 17 dans son logement 18 sur la cale 2, positionner et fixer la cale par les trois vis 6 avant de bloquer le dispositif de repérage au moyen de sa vis de fixation 20. On peut aussi noter que le dispositif de repérage 15 se déplacera automatiquement avec la cale 2 lors du positionnement de celle-ci.Note that during the first installation of the retaining wedge 2, it must first, after placing the plate of the second locating member 17 in its housing 18 on the shim 2, position and fix the wedge by three screws 6 before blocking the tracking device by means of its fixing screw 20. It may also be noted that the marking device 15 will move automatically with the shim 2 during positioning thereof.

Par ailleurs, la vis de fixation 20 du dispositif de repérage 15 reste accessible par le trou traversant central 13 recevant le patin antidérapant 14 de sorte qu'il soit possible d'effectuer un ajustage de la position d'utilisation de la cale à tout moment en desserrant d'abord la vis de fixation 20 du dispositif de repérage 15 et ensuite les trois vis de fixation 6 de la cale. Ensuite, la cale peut être déplacée avec le dispositif de repérage 15 dans les sens longitudinal et transversal et lorsque l'ajustage est terminé, toutes les vis 6 et 20 sont de nouveau serrées.Furthermore, the fixing screw 20 of the marking device 15 remains accessible through the central through hole 13 receiving the non-slip pad 14 so that it is possible to adjust the position of use of the hold at any time. first loosening the fixing screw 20 of the marking device 15 and then the three fixing screws 6 of the shim. Then, the shim can be moved with the registration device 15 in the longitudinal and transverse directions and when the adjustment is completed, all the screws 6 and 20 are tightened again.

Grâce à la mise en place du patin antidérapant 14 directement en dessous de la vis de fixation 20 du dispositif de repérage 15, le patin fait également fonction de capuchon de protection de cette vis.Thanks to the introduction of the non-skid pad 14 directly below the fixing screw 20 of the marking device 15, the pad also acts as a protective cap for this screw.

Bien entendu, l'invention n'est pas limitée au mode de réalisation illustré et décrit, l'homme du métier pouvant y apporter des variantes et modifications sans pour autant sortir du cadre de l'invention tel que défini dans les revendications suivantes.Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiment illustrated and described, the skilled person may make variations and modifications without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

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  1. Cyclist's shoe comprising a sole (1) provided with securing means (5, 6) for a retaining cleat (2) of the shoe on an automatic cycle pedal, said securing means comprising the first securing elements (5) arranged within the thickness of the sole (1) facing through holes (7) provided in the sole and permitting said first securing elements (5) to cooperate with second securing elements (6) acting on said cleat (2) to clamp it against the sole (1), and means for positioning (8 to 11) the cleat (2) relative to the sole (1) making it possible to place the cleat in a predetermined position of use before securing it by said securing means (5, 6), characterised by the fact that the cyclist's shoe also comprises a locating device (15) comprising means for locating (3, 17; 16, 17) the said predetermined position of use of the cleat (2) making it possible to place another similar cleat in said predetermined position of use, the said locating means comprising a first locating element (3;16) that is displaceable longitudinally relative to the sole (1) and a connecting means (20) crossing though a longitudinal slot (22) in the sole (1) in order to connect the said first locating element (3; 16) to a second locating element (17) so as to immobilise them relative to one another in the said predetermined position of use of the cleat (2)..
  2. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 1, characterised by the fact that the second locating element (17) is displaceable transversely in relation to the sole (1).
  3. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 1 or 2, characterised by the fact that the first locating element (3; 16) is disposed in a recess (4) in the sole (1) and the second locating element (17) is received in a housing (18) provided on the upper surface of the cleat (2).
  4. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 3, characterised by the fact that said first locating element (3; 16) is mounted in a sliding manner in the longitudinal direction of the sole (1), and that the said second locating element (17) comprises a transverse groove (21) receiving said connecting means (20) so as to permit the displacement of said second locating element (17) in the transverse direction of the sole (1).
  5. Cyclist's shoe according to any of the preceding claims, characterised by the fact that said locating means (3, 17; 16, 17) comprise a T-shaped element (3) extending in the longitudinal direction of the sole (1) and having at each end a securing hole (5) receiving one of said securing means (6) of the cleat (2).
  6. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 5, characterised by the fact that said first locating element comprises said T-shaped element (3) mounted in a sliding manner in the longitudinal direction of the sole (1) and provided with a securing hole (19) adapted to receive said connecting means (20) of said first and second locating elements (3, 17), and that said through holes (7) in the sole (1) consist of longitudinal slots disposed opposite said securing holes (5) in said T-shaped element (3).
  7. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 6, characterised by the fact that said T-shaped element (3) comprises on its lower surface about at least two of the securing holes (5, 19) a respective protuberance (24) projecting into one of the corresponding slots (7, 22) of the sole (1) so as to form guiding means for said T-shaped element (3) during the longitudinal displacement of the latter.
  8. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 5, characterised by the fact that said first locating element comprises an element (16) mounted in a sliding manner on the web of the T-shaped element (3) and provided with a securing hole (19) adapted to receive said connecting means (20) of said first and second locating elements (16, 17), and that said T-shaped element (3) comprises a longitudinal slot (23) for receiving said connecting means (20) of said first and second locating elements (16, 17).
  9. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 8, characterised by the fact that said first locating element (16) comprises on its lower surface about said securing hole (19) a protuberance (24) projecting into said longitudinal slot (23) of the T-shaped element (3) so as to form a guide means for said first locating element (16) during the longitudinal displacement of the latter.
  10. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 8 or 9, characterised by the fact that said first locating element (16) comprises a pair of lateral tabs (25) extending on either side of the web of the T-shaped element (3) so as to form lateral guide elements.
  11. Cyclist's shoe according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised by the fact that the said second locating element (17) is in the form of a plate adapted to be locked in said housing (18) on the upper surface of the cleat (2) by at least a partial correspondence of the shapes between the shape of the contour of said plate (17) and the internal shape of said housing (18).
  12. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 11, characterised by the fact that said plate (17) comprises at its rear end an indentation (26) receiving a projection (27) in said housing (18) on the upper surface of the cleat (2).
  13. Cyclist's shoe according to claim 10 or 12, characterised by the fact that said plate (17) comprises at its forward end a protuberance (28) with a shape that is adapted to cooperate with a recess (29) with a corresponding shape of said housing (18).
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