ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,341, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MONAHAN PRODUCTS LLC (Rockland, Mass.).
"Car seat belt tension indicator" was invented by Carl J. Sukeforth (Milton, Mass.) and Anthony P. Sandonato (Abington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tension indicator assembly for a child restraint system including a chassis; a blade slidably coupled to the chassis; a biasing element coupled to the chassis and to the blade and configured to bias the blade in a first position; a wing pivotably coupled to the chassis and configured to selectively contact the blade; and a tab coupled to the blade and configured to selectively pivot the wing based o...