ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,041, issued on April 29, was assigned to WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).
"Child safety seat" was invented by Kyle S. Mason (Lititz, Pa.), Andrew Ma (Downingtown, Pa.) and David A. Lehman (Lancaster, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child safety seat includes a seat shell for receiving a child, an extension member, an extension locking mechanism operable to lock the extension member with respect to the seat shell, and an anti-rebound part. The anti-rebound part can be installed on the extension member or the seat shell. The child safety seat is installable on a vehicle seat in a rear facing position with the a...