ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,514, issued on May 27, was assigned to GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS INC. (Atlanta).
"Child containment system with multiple infant support modes" was invented by John (Jason) C. Arnold IV (Philadelphia), Brandon Burkholder (Atlanta), Annette Stella (Dowington, Pa.) and Matthew Rivera (Mableton, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child containment system has a child containment structure with a bottom and a perimeter wall surrounding the bottom. A bassinet has an infant support surface and a surrounding wall around the infant support surface. The bassinet can be mounted to the child containment structure with the infant support surface...