ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,152, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Dyaco International Inc. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Stationary bike with visual indication of slope" was invented by Shih-Wei Liu (Taipei, Taiwan) and Shin-Lan Tseng (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stationary bike includes a lifting mechanism, a frame, a resistance device, a reluctance mechanism, a linkage mechanism, a linear mechanism, and a first visual indicator. The linear mechanism is connected between the main frame and the lifting mechanism. The length of the linear mechanism can be adjusted to change the angle between the lifting mechanism and the ground. At the same time, t...