US Patent Issued on May 27 for "Bicycle handlebar accessory and apparatus, and method of stabilizing an inverted bicycle" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,032, issued on May 27.

"Bicycle handlebar accessory and apparatus, and method of stabilizing an inverted bicycle" was invented by Sagi Faifer (Mishmar Hashiva, Israel) and Guy Klipshtein (Givatayim, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle handlebar accessory (or bicycle pod) 20 is disclosed which may be secured in a bicycle handlebar tube 24 and arranged into a deployed configuration 500. A host bicycle 10 with a pair of bicycle pods 20 secured in opposite ends of the handlebar tube 24 may be inverted for inspection or repairs while the bicycle pods 20 stabilize the inverted bicycle and keep the handlebar 24 (and any accessor...