ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,544, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Britax Child Safety Inc. (Fort Mill, S.C.).

"Child seat with recline mechanism" was invented by Adam Mark Will (Indian Land, S.C.), Lin Hsin Feng (Taibao City, Taiwan), Hou Jen En (Puzi City, Taiwan), Chou Yu Te (Fort Mill, S.C.) and Yu Yung Fu (Fort Mill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a child seat in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a child seat includes an outer shell having a seat portion and a back portion, and a base assembly having a mechanism for mounting the car seat and a recline mechanism."

The patent was fil...