ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,811, issued on May 26, was assigned to Artsana USA Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).
"Child booster seat convertible to floor chair" was invented by Michael L. Longenecker (Lancaster, Pa.), Derek A. Eberly (Red Lion, Pa.) and Steve Wood (Kutztown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convertible booster seat for use positioned on a convention chair or for use as a free-standing chair that features a pair of folding legs rotatably connected to a booster seat base and configurable in generally opposing folded and deployed positions. Moving the legs between the folded and deployed simultaneously shifts the legs longitudinally in relation to the sea...