page_title: Park Tool
section_title: Patents
hierarchical_section_title: Park Tool / Patents
caption_attribution_description: English: Lemond Zurich 2000 repainted by pro paint shop. Right to use photo on wikipedia granted by photographer and frame owner to thewalrus, march/2006. 2000 Lemond Zurich specifications: [1] * Main frame: Reynolds 853 double butted steel alloy * Stays: Reynolds 725 steel alloy * Fork: Icon Air Rail
context_page_description: Park Tool Company is an American designer, manufacturer and marketer of bicycle tools and equipment for both professional and home bicycle mechanics. It manufactures over 300 products that range from wheel truing stands to hex wrenches.
context_section_description: The founders of Park Tool along with James E. Johnson developed a clamping device on their original bike repair stand, for which they received a United States Patent in 1976. The company has applied for and has been granted many patents since then, including a pizza cutter shaped like a penny-farthing. and several patents for bicycle specific repair tools.
caption: A Park Tool bicycle work stand
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