ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,401, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KING RACK INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Clamping device for connecting bicycle rack to bicycle" was invented by Chiu Kuei Wang (Taichung, Taiwan), Hugues Espesset (Taichung, Taiwan) and Frederic Girod (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping device for connecting a bicycle rack to a bicycle includes a first clamp, a second clamp and a bar. Two ends of the bar respectively extend through the first and second parts. The second clamp includes a first part and a second part. The second part includes a first engaging portion formed to the outside thereof. The first enga...