US Patent Issued to Thule Sweden on Aug. 4 for "Gripping arm for a bicycle carrier with a ratcheting mechanism" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,923, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Thule Sweden AB (Hillerstorp, Sweden).

"Gripping arm for a bicycle carrier with a ratcheting mechanism" was invented by Joseph Settelmayer (McKinleyville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle carrier includes a base configured to support a bicycle, a wheel securement arm, and a connection assembly. The wheel securement arm has a free end and a fixed end. The fixed end is rotatably coupled to the base. The connection assembly is coupled to the wheel securement arm and fixed to the base. The connection assembly is configured to rotate the wheel securement arm about the base."

The patent...