ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,542, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hangzhou Canyu Technology Co Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Bicycle parking device" was invented by Zhao Mingyan (Zhejiang, China) and Li Yixin (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For parking a bicycle, a bicycle parking device includes a storage tray, a lifting mechanism, and a rotary platform. The storage tray is located at the bottom of the bicycle parking device and has a plurality of bicycle parking spaces. The lifting mechanism drives a bicycle carrying platform to move up and down. The rotary platform that is rotatably disposed on the lifting mechanism and is docked with the bicy...