ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,552, issued on March 24, was assigned to MICADO SMART ENGINEERINGGMBH (Oberlienz, Austria).
"Alpine bicycle" was invented by Edwin Meindl (Nikolsdorf, Austria), Thomas Rodlach (Lienz, Austria), Daniel Auer (NuBdorf-Debant, Austria) and Simon Mair (Amlach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle for driving downhill with a front wheel region, a rear wheel region, and a support rod which couples the front wheel region and the rear wheel region, the support rod having at least one hinge for unfolding and folding and has a front rod portion between the front wheel region and the hinge and a rear rod portion between the rear whe...