ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,992, issued on March 17.
"Childbirth support apparatus" was invented by Natalie Wilson (Buttaba, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Childbirth support apparatus comprises a frame suspending a chest swing harness and a pair of thigh swing harnesses. The frame suspends the thigh swing harnesses adjacently and the chest swing harness in front of the thigh swing harnesses and the thigh swing harnesses lower than the chest swing harness so that the apparatus is configured to support a mother in a leaning-forward squatting position wherein the thigh swing harnesses hold the mother under thighs and wherein the chest swing harness hol...