ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,425, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Kolcraft Enterprises Inc. (Chicago).

"Adjustable child carriers" was invented by Bonnie Lindeman (Yorkville, Ill.), Sarah Katharine Green (Chicago), Shannen Root-Chin (Chicago) and Hyon Troutman (Northbrook, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adjustable child carriers are disclosed. A disclosed example child carrier includes a child support pouch to receive a child in a substantially upright position, where the child support pouch includes an upper pouch area, a medial pouch area and a lower pouch area. The example child carrier also includes a harness to support the child support pouch on an ad...