ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,245, issued on March 11, was assigned to FUTURE MOTION INC. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Segmented siderails for one-wheeled vehicles" was invented by Austen Silva (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Julian De La Rua (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A siderail for a one-wheeled vehicle may include an elongate structural rail having a web extending from a first longitudinal end to a second longitudinal end. The rail is defined by four segments: a central segment defining a horizontal reference, a rear segment extending directly away from the central segment at an upward angle, a first forward segment extending directly away from the...