ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,608, issued on July 1, was assigned to Wahoo Fitness LLC (Atlanta).
"Bicycle trainer" was invented by Ana Flooks (San Francisco), Russell Mead (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Austin Smith Igleheart IV (Atlanta), Adnan Abbas (Roswell, Ga.) and Shane Adam Byler (Mableton, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle trainer includes a frame assembly including a pair of support legs connected to a center structure. The center structure includes a first curved track and a second curved track longitudinally spaced along the center structure from the first curved track. The frame assembly includes a glide base having a first guide roller engaged with ...