US Patent Issued on Aug. 25 for "Tow element and method for towing a bicycle with a tow lift" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,482, issued on Aug. 25.

"Tow element and method for towing a bicycle with a tow lift" was invented by Simon Hanl (Wurflach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a tow element (1) for coupling a tow lift to a bicycle. The tow element (1) comprises a tube (1c) and a tow loop (1a), extending from one end of the tube (1c) and configured to be hooked onto the stem (3a) of a bicycle. The tow element further comprises a connector (1d), extending from the opposite end of the tube (1c) and configured to connect the tow element (1) to the tow lift."

The patent was filed on March 22, 2022, under Application No....