ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,344, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Kuat Innovation LLC (Springfield, Mo.).
"Reconfigurable arm for a bicycle rack" was invented by Luke Kuschmeader (Springfield, Mo.), Austin Harrill (Springfield, Mo.), Jordan Bowles (Springfield, Mo.), Aaron Houston (Springfield, Mo.) and Jonathan Graif (Springfield, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle rack is described with a platform for supporting a bicycle and an arm for securing the bicycle to the platform. The arm rotates or pivots from a closed position adjacent to the platform, to an open position to allow the loading of a bicycle. The arm may also be pivoted past the horizonta...