US Patent Issued to Britax Child Safety on Sept. 9 for "Child restraint system with posture fit mechanism" (North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,761, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Britax Child Safety Inc. (Fort Mill, S.C.).

"Child restraint system with posture fit mechanism" was invented by Quentin G. Walsh (Fort Mill, S.C.), Mitchell L. Shellenberger (Mount Joy, Pa.), Brandon Hoover (Cornelius, N.C.) and Mark Matthew Messner (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child seat comprising: an outer shell supporting an inner shell therein, the inner shell and the outer shell together defining a child protection region within the seat; an adjustment mechanism disposed between the inner shell and the outer shell defining a trajectory of movement for the inner shell ...