ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,040, issued on Oct. 28.

"Bottom bracket tool" was invented by Jaswant Ubhi (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottom bracket tool is disclosed. The bottom bracket tool has a rim body having a plurality of teeth defined at an outer periphery thereof, the teeth configured for cooperating with a chain of a chain whip tool. The bottom bracket tool has a connector portion defining a coupling of the bottom bracket tool adapted to engage a correspondingly shaped coupling portion of the bottom bracket assembly. A method of removing a bottom bracket assembly from a bicycle frame is disclosed. The method comprises registering correspon...