ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,097, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Arctic Cat Inc. (Thief River Falls, Minn.).
"Handlebar risers" was invented by Brian W. Dick (Thief River Falls, Minn.), Benjamin Taylor Langaas (Thief River Falls, Minn.) and Ken Ray Fredrickson (Thief River Falls, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to devices and techniques for improved handlebar risers. According to various aspects of this disclosure, a handlebar riser includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes a first steering column mounting channel, and a first handlebar mounting channel. The second component includes a ...