ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,378, issued on April 15, was assigned to WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).
"Bassinet" was invented by Peter R. Tuckey (Leola, Pa.), Lance J. Clemmer (Mohnton, Pa.) and Andrew J. Taylor (Mohnton, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bassinet includes a frame unit, two legs pivotally connected to the frame unit, a bottom plate disposed between the legs, and a lower limiting mechanism disposed on at least one of the legs. The bottom plate is detachably connected to the legs via the lower limiting mechanism. Another bassinet includes the frame unit, four of the legs pivotally connected to the frame unit and disposed an...