ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,986, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Angelo Morelli (Pontenure, Italy).
"Telescopic seatpost" was invented by Angelo Morelli (Pontenure, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic bicycle seatpost for allowing a modification, while moving, of the height of a saddle with respect to the frame of a bicycle including a pair of telescopically-coupled tubular elements defined by a male tubular element inserted into a seat tube of the bicycle frame, and by a female tubular element coaxial to said male tubular element, a seatpost lock or head arranged at one end of the female tubular element, the seat post adapted for enabling/disabl...