ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,491, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BLACKBIKE LTD (Valletta, Malta).
"Bicycle with two independent drive wheels" was invented by Paul Poggi (Valletta, Malta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The bike (10) comprises a frame provided with a front wheel (12) oriented by a handlebar, a saddle (39) and a crankset. The bike (10) further comprises two pivoting rear uprights (18, 19) each carrying a rear wheel (22, 23), the pivoting rear uprights being mounted by independent pivot links on the frame.The crankset actuates two drive means (26, 27, 59, 60) independent of the rear wheels. The drive means of each rear wheel comprises a free whee...