ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,722, issued on Sept. 30.

"Baby carrier" was invented by James K. C. Yen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baby carrier having a front carrier, a rear neck pad, and a spine support pad is provided. A lower edge of the front carrier is connected with a front waist strap. A left waist strap and a right waist strap are respectively extending from left and right sides of the front waist strap. A lower edge of the spine support pad abuts against lumbar spine to lighten loads of the lumbar spine and spine. A plurality of pressure relief blocks is disposed on an inner surface of the spine support pad for reducing sultry feeli...