ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,312, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TAILFIN Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Bicycle frame mounting device" was invented by Nicholas Broadbent (Long Ashton North, Great Britain) and Robert Phillips (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle accessory mounting device comprises: a flexible band having opposite ends and inner and outer faces; securing means which interconnects the ends of the band thereby to draw the band around a frame member of a bicycle; a connection block having a central abutment surface at which the connection block is secured to the inner face of the band, and a pair of mounting surfaces ...