ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,850, issued on April 22.
"Bicycle tethering system" was invented by Tim Fairchild (Milford, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle tethering device includes a lead support configured for coupling to a lead vehicle, a trailing support configured for coupling to a trailing vehicle, a lead connector coupled to the lead support, and a trailing connector coupled to the trailing support. The lead connector is engageable to the trailing connector to form a junction transferring force between the lead connector and the trailing connector through the junction to permit a pulling force to be applied to the trailing vehicle from the lead ...