ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,443, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Thule Sweden AB (Hillerstorp, Sweden).
"Load carrier, such as a bike carrier" was invented by Anders Nilvius (Varnamo, Sweden), Magnus Ferman (Varnamo, Sweden), Hannes Ulvegard (Jonkoping, Sweden), Jonas Ringdahl (Vaggeryd, Sweden), Fredrik Larsson (Vaggeryd, Sweden), Tobias Jonsson (Varnamo, Sweden), Klara Rosenqvist (Jonkoping, Sweden), Simon Helmersson (Varnamo, Sweden), Johan Larsson (Jonkoping, Sweden) and Hannes Olaison (Falun, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a bicycle support arm for a bicycle carrier. The bicycle support arm includes a first arm rotatably c...