ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,010, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Burnsville, Minn.).
"Playyard" was invented by Shannon R. Bickel (Lakeville, Minn.) and Timothy C. Daggy (Shakopee, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present playyard includes relatively short vertical corner posts and relatively long horizontal support members. The preferred ratio of the length of a relatively long horizontal support member, or length of a playyard side, to the height of a relatively short vertical post, or height of a playyard side, is about two to one. The relatively long horizontal support member extends directly from one relatively short ve...