ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,960, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Slide out child vehicle seat system" was invented by Curtis M. Hartenstine (Birdsboro, Pa.), Andrew J. Taylor (Mohnton, Pa.), Joshua Ferguson (Southampton, Pa.), Patrick J. G. Bowers (West Chester, Pa.) and David A. Lehman (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Child restraint systems are provided position positioning systems and assemblies to provide relative movement between a support base and a child seat such that the child seat is rotatable and translatable relative to the support base."

The patent was filed on Sept. 8, 2023, ...