ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,726, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Dyaco International Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Bottom-free stationary bike" was invented by Shih-Wei Liu (Taipei, Taiwan) and Wei-Hsiang Lin (Changhua County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottom-free stationary bike vehicle includes a first movable structure, a second movable structure, a frame, and a linear mechanism. The first movable structure is turnable with its first end as a fulcrum. The second movable structure is turnable with its first end as a fulcrum. A second end of the first movable structure and a second end of the second movable structure are pivotally connected at a piv...