US Patent Issued to Thule Sweden on Oct. 20 for "Vehicular rack having modular design with outside handle and quick release" (Vermont, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,061, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Thule Sweden AB (Hillerstorp, Sweden).

"Vehicular rack having modular design with outside handle and quick release" was invented by Keith L. Prescott (Cambridge, Vt.) and Jeffrey R. Edgerly (Bristol, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hitch-mount bicycle carrier including a stinger, a support member coupled to the stinger by a variably configurable hub, a foot having a distal end disposed distally from the support member, and a manual actuator disposed at a distal end of the support member. The stinger is configured to be inserted into a hitch receiver of a vehicle. The support member is co...