ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,189, issued on April 29.
"Bike saddle bag" was invented by Louis Chuang (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bike saddle bag has a bag body and includes a fastening strap and at least one sling. The fastening strap has a first restraining part, a second restraining part, and a fixed part. The fixed part is joined to the bag body. The first and the second restraining parts extend oppositely from the fixed part and around the bag body and detachably connected with each other, thereby surrounding the bag body. The fastening strap and the at least one sling are in cooperation to allow the bag body to be hung on a bike saddle...