ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,958, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Joining structure and child safety seat including the same" was invented by Guanghui Zhao (Guangdong, China), Daliang Zhang (Guangdong, China) and Ganqing Fang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joining structure including a fixed seat connected to a first object, the fixed seat has a side wall, and the side wall has an open end and an accommodating end disposed opposite each other; a socket connected to a second object and having a side wall, the socket insertable into the fixed seat side wall through the open end along an ...