ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,049, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Mobility Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

"Multi-angle adjustable bicycle side deck" was invented by Pasi Paivio (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Joakim Uimonen (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-angle adjustable bicycle side deck including a bracket system, side deck, and locking apparatus is provided. The bracket system is mounted to a rear side frame of a bicycle. The side deck is rotatably assembled to the bracket system and folds down from a vertical adjusted position to a horizontal adjusted position, and zero or more additional adjusted positions in between. The br...