ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,533, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to DLIP Ltd. (Hamilton, New Zealand).

"Transportation of bicycles" was invented by David Tien Ang Lim (Hamilton, New Zealand), Russell William Page-Wood (Hamilton, New Zealand) and Lincoln Henry Tutton Hill (Hamilton, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective case for a bicycle, which is an enclosed hollow rectangular cuboid including a top half; a lower half; wherein the top and lower halves releasably connect together to form the enclosed cuboid; and wherein each of the halves has: rigid outer wall sections for each surface of the cuboid so that the cuboid is fully enclosed; wherei...