DISRAELI DOCUMENTS
US Patent # 6,159,119
Inventors: Yasushi Nakamura and Tadashi Ichida
Assigned to: Shimano
US application filed: July 1999
Japanese applications filed: from August 1996
Relates to: Shimano Airlines
Contrary to the prevailing marketing myth, it appears that Airlines may have been originally envisaged as a triple system for cross-country use, including a front derailleur and a long arm rear derailleur.
