US Patent Issued to Karbon Kinetics on April 22 for "Belt drive pedal cycle with side mounted wheels, cantilever chain stay and belt tensioner" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,849, issued on April 22, was assigned to Karbon Kinetics LLC (Chessington, Great Britain).

"Belt drive pedal cycle with side mounted wheels, cantilever chain stay and belt tensioner" was invented by Richard Thorpe (Thames Ditton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal driven cycle comprising a cantilevered frame member coupled to a power input sprocket and a driven sprocket; a belt drive connecting the power input sprocket to the driven sprocket; and a side mounted rear wheel releasably coupled to a multi-speed gear hub that is coaxial with the side mounted rear wheel, wherein the multi-speed gear hub is coupled to the d...