ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,832, issued on July 28.
"Integrated vehicle rack" was invented by Yufeng Wang (Ningbo City, China) and Ning Liu (Ningbo City, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated vehicle rack may include a plastic wheel support for supporting the bicycle wheels, a flip locking device for flipping the plastic wheel support, and a square-mouth connecting device for connecting an external vehicle, wherein the plastic wheel support and the square-mouth connecting device are both connected to the bottom of the flip locking device; the flip locking device comprises a lower bracket, an upper bracket, a flip structure, and a locking structure....