ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,117, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Koizumi Factory Corp. (Takaoka, Japan).
"Bell for bicycle" was invented by Toshihiro Koizumi (Takaoka, Japan) and Saki Maeda (Takaoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bell for a bicycle includes: an attaching tool configured to be attached to a handle of a bicycle; a bell main body directly or indirectly connected to the attaching tool; and a hitting member configured to hit and ring the bell main body, wherein the hitting member is a plate body or a case body and is elastically supported by the bell main body or the attaching tool."
The patent was filed on July 13, 2022, under Applicat...