ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,816, issued on May 27, was assigned to BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Child safety seat and side impact protection device thereof" was invented by Daliang Zhang (Guangdong, China) and Ruyi Li (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child safety seat and a side impact protection device. The side impact protection device comprises a fixed seat assembled on the backrest and a side impact protection block pivotally coupled to the fixed seat via a pivot shaft. The side impact protection block has at least an extended position and a retracted position during a pivoting process around an axis of the ...