ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,894, issued on July 21, was assigned to Shenzhen Speediance Living Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Fitness bike" was invented by Shifan Gao (Shenzhen, China), Qilong Wang (Shenzhen, China) and You Wu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a fitness bike. The fitness bike includes a frame, a toggle member and a drive assembly. One end of the toggle member is movably connected to a handlebar of the frame, and the toggle member is capable of being toggled by a hand gripping on the handlebar. The drive assembly is disposed on a body of the frame and includes a load motor, a transmission mechanism and pedals, ...