ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,188, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Dryft Board LLC (Los Angeles).

"Vehicles" was invented by Ralph Zipper (Melbourne, Fla.), Skyler Olsen (Denver) and Nicholas Bartolotta (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicles (10) comprise a forward assembly (14) and a rearward assembly (22) coupled to and extending rearward from the forward assembly (14). The forward assembly (14) comprises a front frame assembly (16), a steering assembly (18) pivotally supported by the front frame assembly (16), a front wheel (20) operably coupled to the steering assembly (18) and positioned to engage the ground surface (12), and a pair of oppos...