ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,301, issued on July 8, was assigned to Thule Sweden AB (Hillerstorp, Sweden).
"Bicycle pannier mounting arrangement" was invented by Jan Adler (Skillingaryd, Sweden) and David Ardmar (Bankeryd, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a bicycle pannier mounting arrangement for mounting a bicycle pannier to a bicycle. The bicycle pannier mounting arrangement includes a locking device for locking the bicycle pannier to an element of the bicycle. The locking device includes a first hook member and a second hook member. The first hook member includes an inner seat surface configured to enclose a portion of t...