ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,789, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KING RACK INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Bike rack with positioning frame folding and securing structure" was invented by Chiu Kuei Wang (Taichung, Taiwan), Hugues Espesset (Saint Juery, France) and Frederic Girod (Saint Juery, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bike rack includes a base with a U-shaped bar and a support frame. The support frame is mounted a top of the U-shaped bar. A positioning frame is pivotably connected two connection plates on the support frame. Each connection plate is connected to a limiter by a quick-release device. Each limiter includes a vertical groo...