ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,961, issued on July 14.

"Portable child seat assembly" was invented by Zhiming Xu (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a portable child seat assembly, comprising a main frame formed by a soft-covered backrest, seat plate, lateral plates, and a front baffle, which defines a leg opening, and further comprising a connecting assembly with a plurality of connecting belts for detachably securing to an external bearing structure such as a shopping cart or swing; the assembly is further provided with an adjustable protective assembly fixed at both ends to the backrest, used to constrain the child ...