ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,431, issued on April 14, was assigned to YETI CYCLING LLC (Golden, Colo.).

"Vehicle suspension linkage" was invented by Peter Zawistowski (Lakewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a two-wheel vehicle suspension linkage. The suspension linkage includes a suspended body-1, a seatstay body-2, a link body-3, a chainstay body-4, a link body-5, and a link body-6 operatively coupled with one another. The link body-3 includes jointed connections with the suspended body-1 defining an IVC[1][3], the chainstay body-4 defining an IVC[3][4], and the link body-6 defining an IVC[3][6]. The chainstay body-4 includes an add...