ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,546, issued on April 8, was assigned to Lyft Inc. (San Francisco).
"Apparatus, systems, and methods for single-sided locks" was invented by Peter Rex Luedtke (San Francisco) and Andrew Paul Rosenkranz (Hoboken, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed apparatus may include a pin that is pushed in between two spokes of a wheel to lock the vehicle and removed from between the spokes of the wheel to unlock the vehicle. In one embodiment, a single-sided lock may include a pin holster for securing the pin while the vehicle is unlocked. In some embodiments, a single-sided lock mechanism may be permanently affixed to and/or built i...