ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,640, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Play yard with removable soft goods" was invented by Jonathan M. Pacella (Gap, Pa.), Jonathan K. Mountz (Elverson, Pa.), Jerry S. Ingraham (Denver, Pa.), Nathanael Saint (Morgantown, Pa.) and Patrick J. G. Bowers (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A play yard includes a plurality of corner posts, a plurality of rails, a floor structure and at least one soft good assembly. Each of the plurality of corner posts includes a first guiding component. Each of the plurality of rails is connected between two adjacent corner posts. T...