ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,787, issued on Sept. 9, 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), Jesper Lindberg (Jonkoping, Sweden), Hannes Ulvegard (Jonkoping, Sweden), David Klasson (Huskvarna, Sweden), Rainer Mascarenhas (Gothenburg, Sweden), Jonas Ringdahl (Vaggeryd, Sweden), Fredrik Larsson (Vaggeryd, Sweden), Tobias Jonsson (Varnamo, Sweden), Henrik Eriksson (Jonkoping, Sweden), Klara Rosenqvist (Jonkoping, Sweden), Simon Nordstrom (Hillerstorp, Sweden), Simon Helmersson (Varnamo, Sweden), Johan Larsson (Jonkoping, Sweden), Arvid Gransmark (Jonkoping, Sweden), Hannes Ola...