ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,710, issued on Oct. 21.
"Crib" was invented by Renande Alteon (Dorchester Center, Mass.), Joshua Alteon (Dorchester Center, Mass.), Renee Johnson (Dorchester Center, Mass.) and Denice Johnson (Dorchester Center, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved crib is disclosed herein. The crib of the present disclosure has numerous benefits over the prior art, wherein one of the benefits is that children placed within the crib may not feel like they are trapped within a cage. In general, the crib disclosed has screens on all four sides of the crib. The screens at least comprise visual display surfaces on the faces of the screens dir...