ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,270, issued on July 22, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Child seat installation with vehicle belt checking device" was invented by Manuel Forero Rueda (Royal Oak, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement device for checking installation of a child seat on a vehicle seat includes a guide portion disposed along a vehicle seatbelt path across the child seat. The measurement device further includes a sensor portion disposed within the guide portion, and measuring a quantity of perpendicular compressive force applied by the seatbelt to the child seat, and an indicator in communication with the sen...