ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,948, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Wonderland Switzerland AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Fastening apparatus having rotation limiting function and child carrier having the same" was invented by Shoufeng Hu (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening apparatus includes: a base having a first sliding groove; a rotation member pivotally connected to the base and having at least two locking states, the rotation member has a second sliding groove; a locking member having a locked state and an unlocked state, in the locked state, the rotation member is located in both the first sliding groove and the second s...