ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,485, issued on April 15, was assigned to LAUF CYCLES HF. (Reykjavik, Iceland).
"Rear wheel suspension system for a bike" was invented by Benedikt Skulason (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Bergur Benediktsson (Reykjavik, Iceland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear wheel suspension system for a bike, includes a seat tube, left and right side flexible chainstays, left and right side seatstays. A leaf spring interconnects the seatstays and the seat tube, wherein one end of the leaf spring is connected to the upper end area of said seatstays, the leaf spring extending upwardly from its point of connection to the upper end area of the seatstays t...