ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,090, issued on March 25, was assigned to TILT INDUSTRIES LLC (Mapleton, Utah).

"Chain separator for manual bike training" was invented by Bradley Scott Maxfield (Orem, Utah), Mitchel Richard Murdock (Orem, Utah), Travis James Mittanck (Orem, Utah) and Grant Reuben Fawson (Orem, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chain separator for separating a chain of a bicycle from a sprocket of the bicycle. The chain separator includes a body defining an outer surface and at least one projection extending from the body to define a sprocket channel. The chain is disengaged from the sprocket and positioned on the outer surface and the chain sep...