ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,281, issued on March 3.
"Foldable bicycle structure" was invented by Valerio Torre (Palermo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable bicycle structure comprises a supporting frame (2) having a rear wheel (3) and a front wheel (4), a handlebar (5) fastened to the frame (2) and a seat post (6). The supporting frame (2) is divided into a front portion (9) and a rear portion (10) adapted to be connected to respective wheels (3, 4) and reciprocally hinged around a first hinge axis (11) to switch between an extended use configuration to a compact configuration. The supporting frame (2) is also provided with one or more straps (14, ...