ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,479, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CYCLINGDEAL USA INC. (Calif.).

"Bicycle parking device with adjustable length" was invented by Haidong Gu (Montclair, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle parking device with adjustable length includes a base and a parking tube assembly which is connected to the base and has a limiting tube assembly and a fixed tube assembly. The limiting tube assembly has an accommodation space. An elastic limiting member is movably connected to the limiting tube assembly and is movable up and down relative to the limiting tube assembly to adjust the size of the accommodation space."

The patent was...