US Patent Issued to SRAM on Feb. 25 for "Handlebar assembly for a bicycle and accessory structure" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,977, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SRAM LLC (Chicago).

"Handlebar assembly for a bicycle and accessory structure" was invented by Ming Chang (Taichung, Taiwan), Nathan Schickel (Indianapolis) and Benjamin Waite (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottle structure for a bicycle handlebar, includes a bottle body having an integrally-formed bottle and bottle coupling structure. The bottle coupling structure is directly connected to the bicycle handlebar, and is dissociable from the bicycle handlebar. The integrated bottle structure may include additional features such as a straw structure or other devices."

The patent w...