ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,489, issued on May 5, was assigned to V-CYCLE GLOBAL LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Staggered axis sidecar" was invented by Dor Korngold (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a multi-axial offset side car. In an illustrative example, the side car may include a wheel with an axis of rotation along an axis adjacent to and between a front wheel axis of rotation of a vehicle and a rear wheel axis of rotation of the vehicle. Some embodiments may include a configuration where the axis of rotation of the wheel is centered below a center of a rear wheel axis of rotation of the vehicle. The sidecar fram...