ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,680, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Wonderland Switzerland AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Multi-purpose child support assembly and related child support assembly" was invented by Colin F. Eggert-Crowe (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-purpose child support assembly is provided and includes a frame assembly, a support component and a weighting module. The frame assembly includes a lower frame and an upper frame movable relative to the lower frame. The support component is mounted to the upper frame. The support component defines a supporting area for supporting a child placed on the support component. The weigh...