ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,017, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Car seat and automatic belt adjustment apparatus thereof" was invented by Daliang Zhang (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic belt adjustment apparatus includes a fixing buckle, a belt buckle, a belt retractor, and a position switching member. The belt buckle is configured to be buckled with the fixing buckle. The belt retractor is connected to the other end of the belt. The belt retractor includes a locking assembly configured to selectively limit the belt retractor from automatically retracting the be...