ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,149, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TVS Motor Co. Ltd. (Chennai, India).

"Vehicle" was invented by Rajwade Amit Dilip (Chennai, India) and Vinay Chandrakant Harne (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A step-through type vehicle includes: a frame assembly; at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel connected to the frame assembly and rotated by a power unit; and a plurality of portions comprising one or more flexible portions, and one or more fixed portions. The fixed portions include a front structure, a rear structure, and a top structure disposed between the front structure and the rear structure. The flexib...