ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,410, issued on July 22, was assigned to Reform Technologies Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Moldable bicycle saddles, external saddle heaters, fitting procedures, and related technologies" was invented by Michael Perreten (North Vancouver, Canada), Aaron Brown (Delta, Canada), Dylan Schuetze (Vancouver, Canada) and Thomas Edstrand (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle saddle can be customized to a rider's body to achieve desired support and comfort. The support shell is configured to support a rider's body and can be heated by an external heater and/or at least one internal thermal element operable to heat the ...