US Patent Issued to Zwift on Jan. 13 for "Single-sprocket system for a bicycle trainer" (British, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,318, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Zwift Inc. (Long Beach, Calif.).

"Single-sprocket system for a bicycle trainer" was invented by Gary Warren (London), Meir Machlin (Tel Aviv, Israel), Adrian Bennett (London), Thomas Hargreaves (London) and Jonathan Heath (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single-sprocket system for integration into a bicycle trainer, the system including a sprocket having teeth about a perimeter of the sprocket, a first planar side, and a second planar side, wherein the teeth of the sprocket are configured to engage a chain of a bicycle mounted to the bicycle trainer. The system further includes a first ...