US Patent Issued to StaCyc on Feb. 17 for "Motorized running cycle" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,482, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to StaCyc LLC (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Motorized running cycle" was invented by Robert Ryan Ragland (Brock, Texas), Eric Johnson (Temecula, Calif.) and Phillip Charles Burke (Pala, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A running bike is to be operated selectively with and without power. The running bike includes a front fork rotatably engaged with a front wheel, a rear fork rotatably engaged with a rear wheel, a handlebar coupled to the front fork for steering the running bike, a frame extending between and connecting the front fork and the rear fork, an electronic controller coupled to the frame, an...