ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,058, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Carman Enterprise Co. Ltd. (China).
"Foldable bike carrier" was invented by Xianwei Li (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a bike (12) carrier, in particular a roof bike carrier (1), for attachment to a vehicle with a base body (4), which defines a longitudinal direction (L) and carries fixing means for fixing a first wheel, in particular the front wheel (11) of a bike (12), and a sliding profile (24), which is moveably held at the base body (4) such that it can be moved relative to the base body (4) in the longitudinal direction (L) and which carrie...