ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,811, issued on May 27, was assigned to WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Infant car seat and stability leg and release actuator" was invented by Andrew Ma (Downingtown, Pa.) and Kyle S. Mason (Lititz, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infant car seat includes a seat base and a stability leg. The stability leg includes an upper leg tube, a middle leg tube, a lower leg tube, a rotary member, a first latch and a second latch. The middle leg tube includes at least one hole. The lower leg tube includes at least one opening. The rotary member is assembled with the seat base and affixed to the upper leg tube. The fi...