US Patent Issued to CYBEX on April 29 for "Rotating child car seat with belt and tether tensioner and reclining frame" (North Carolina, Ohio, Connecticut, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,039, issued on April 29, was assigned to CYBEX GmbH (Bayreuth, Germany).

"Rotating child car seat with belt and tether tensioner and reclining frame" was invented by Guy Dingman (Idaville, Ind.), Alexander Douglas Goare (Concord, Conn.), Lyle James (Kettering, Ohio) and James Meehan (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are child car seats configured to be installed in an associated vehicle using a safety belt of the associated vehicle and a top tether. The child car seat includes a seat shell supported on a base and at least one of a tensioner mechanism and a recline frame. The tensioner mechanism, which ma...