ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,437, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Lyft Inc. (San Francisco).

"Docking station for micromobility transit vehicles" was invented by Erik Keith Askin (San Francisco), Jordan Elias Brooks (San Francisco), Jason Robert Cerundolo (Oakland, Calif.), Alexander Timothy Dixon (San Anselmo, Calif.), Eahab Nagi El Naga (San Francisco), Marc Daniel Fenigstein (San Francisco) and Michael Jeffrey Holachek (Emeryville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A docking station for micromobility transit vehicles is provided. The docking station may include a rack configured to dock a micromobility transit vehicle, a bollard for securing the microm...