US Patent Issued to Nine Point Eight on July 8 for "Bicycle pedal with elastomeric surface" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,269, issued on July 8, was assigned to Nine Point Eight Inc. (Ancaster, Canada).

"Bicycle pedal with elastomeric surface" was invented by Steven Andrew Park (Paris, Canada) and Jacobus Josef Pittens (Waterdown, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a bicycle pedal comprises a main pedal body adapted to rotatably receive an axle and defining at least one pedal platform base upon which is disposed a layer of a low-rebound elastomeric material to form a pedal platform surface. In another aspect, a bicycle pedal has a main pedal body adapted to rotatably receive an axle and defining at least one pedal platform base upon whi...