ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,301, issued on May 6.

"Container adapter plate for use with an attachment apparatus for securely attaching objects to a bicycle frame" was invented by John Zappa (Chicago), Marta Guerrero Merino (Chicago), Thomas Chiang (Glencoe, Ill.), David Filicicchia (West Chicago, Ill.) and David Zappa (Wexford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container adapter plate having two layers that is adapted for use with an attachment apparatus and/or system for securely attaching objects to a bicycle frame."

The patent was filed on March 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/123,416.

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