ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,500, issued on May 13, was assigned to Wonderland Switzerland AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).
"Foldable playard" was invented by Jonathan M. Pacella (Gap, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable playard includes a plurality of vertical tubes, a plurality of X-typed frames and a latching mechanism. Each vertical tube includes a bar member, a corner and a slider. The corner is affixed to top of the bar member. The slider is movably disposed on the bar member. Each of the X-typed frames is rotatably connected between two adjacent vertical tubes via the corner and the slider. The latching mechanism includes a latch body and a lockin...