ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,382, issued on Sept. 16.
"Motorcycle wheel size adapter" was invented by Charles Bradley Covington (Batesville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle wheel adapter includes a metal tube; a sprocket mounting plate joined to the metal tube near one end; a brake assembly mounting plate joined to the metal tube near another end; and a wheel mounting plate joined to the metal tube in between. The wheel mounting plate is closer to the brake assembly mounting plate than to the sprocket mounting plate. The tube has a first end, a second end, and a longitudinally formed bore. The sprocket mounting plate, the brake assembly mountin...