ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,444, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Evenflo Co. Inc. (Miamisburg, Ohio).
"Rotatable car seat and base" was invented by Charles H. Keegan (Milton, Mass.) and Philip Przybylo (Waxhaw, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a car seat comprised of a base and a shell. The base includes a receiving portion and a backing portion. The seat shell includes a seat back and a seat bottom having a lower portion. The seat bottom is convex and interfaces with the receiving portion of the base. The seat shell is rotatable with respect to the base. The seat shell is selectively positionable between a plurality of orientations....