ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,895, issued on July 15, was assigned to Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Bicycle trainer with height adjusting member" was invented by Hsiao-Wen Hsu (Taichung, Taiwan), Jen-Chieh Huang (Taichung, Taiwan), Chao-Wen Chen (Taichung, Taiwan), Chin-Lai Huang (Taichung, Taiwan) and Wen-Hai Lo (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle trainer includes a base having a base portion and a standing portion, a supporting frame rotationally pivoted on the standing portion of the base around an axle, a cassette module mounted on the supporting frame and having multiple sprockets, and a flywheel module mounted on t...