ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,118, issued on July 29.
"Seat post" was invented by Ulrich Press (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a seat post for a bicycle, a moped or the like, comprising a seat post tube, wherein said seat post tube comprises an opening member that is configured to allow a closure element of the seat post to perform a movement, by means of which a region inside the seat post tube can be accessed in order to insert or remove an elongated object, wherein said seat post tube comprises an upper portion and a lower portion opposite the upper portion, said upper portion being configured to be connected to a seat ...