US Patent Issued to Specialized Bicycle Components on July 8 for "Bicycle with compliant seat post interface" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,263, issued on July 8, was assigned to Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

"Bicycle with compliant seat post interface" was invented by Christopher P. D'Aluisio (Corralitos, Calif.), Brenton Haven (Morgan Hill, Calif.) and Ian Milliken (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle comprises front and rear wheels, a frame, a seat post, and a damping member. An upper portion of the seat post is movable relative to the frame between a first position and a second position. The damping member couples the seat post to the frame to dampen movement of the upper portion of the seat post. The damping membe...