ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,854, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. (Foxboro, Mass.).
"Child restraint" was invented by Stephen B. Oltman (Hope, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child restraint includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom. The seat back includes a backrest configured to extend upwardly from the seat bottom and a headrest coupled to the backrest for supporting a head of a child. The headrest includes a rear headrest wall, a first headrest side wall extending outwardly away from the rear headrest wall, and a second headrest side wall extending outwardly away from the rear headrest wall and away ...