US Patent Issued to VITAMIN I FACTORY on March 11 for "Detachable pedal unit for bicycle and bicycle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,792, issued on March 11, was assigned to VITAMIN I FACTORY Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Detachable pedal unit for bicycle and bicycle" was invented by Mikio Watanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A training bicycle with a removably attachable pedal unit enabling adjustment of chain slack by a simple method is provided. The detachable pedal unit is configured to enable attachable/detachable connection of a pedal crank to a bicycle body. The pedal unit includes a unit body having a unit connector for rotatably retaining and fastening to a bicycle body a pedal crank axially supporting a chain wheel. A unit receiving member fixedly instal...