Originally Posted by
chaadster
The point is that the BikeHand isn’t a copy of the 10.3, and the 10.3 is not an original design.
The same general design of the 10.3 (i.e. the design elements it shares with the BikeHand) pre-dates Park usage of those elements. Here’s a vid from 2009 showing the Spin Doctor Pro, which is +10 years before Park adopted the form of the 10.3 with the 2019 introduction of the 9.2 and 10.2 stands.
I’m not talking about the stand but mostly about the clamp. However, Park was using a similar portable stand to the 10.3 in PRS15 before 2006
Originally Posted by
prj71
Yes. The link says "Patent Pending" which means it isn't patented yet. Just that it has been submitted for patent. An item that is labeled a patent pending is not legally protected until the patent is issued.
Again,
are you sure about that? A patent application…which is what “patent pending” means…does provide some legal protection. I’ve been involved in the process a few times.
That said, I do know that people violate those protections all the time and that the protections are largely meaningless in many areas of the world.