US Patent Issued to Dorel Juvenile Group on May 13 for "Seat base for a child restraint" (Massachusetts, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,724, issued on May 13, was assigned to Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"Seat base for a child restraint" was invented by William P. McHugh (Norfolk, Mass.) and Jason H. Johnson (Brownstown, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat base for a child restraint includes a seat-base foundation adapted to rest on a vehicle seat to support the child restraint in the vehicle. The seat-base foundation has a belt-path surface configured to receive a seat belt. The seat base further includes a seat-belt retainer coupled to the seat-base foundation for movement from an opened position to a closed position to clamp a vehicle seat be...