ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,486, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BOON COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Bicycle stand" was invented by Mikio Watanabe (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention addresses the problem of providing a bicycle stand that allows a rider to pedal independently from balancing when practicing riding a bicycle. As a solution, a bicycle stand comprises a support member having at least a pair of side wall portions, and a pair of shaft support members having shaft support parts supporting the ends of a shaft 103 of a wheel of a bicycle and support member engagement parts that engage upper edge portions of the side wall portions. Part of a ...