ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,273, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. (Foxboro, Mass.).

"Child restraint" was invented by Said S. Nakhla (Daphne, Ala.), Derek Bonta (Foxboro, Mass.), Darrin Keiser (Foxboro, Mass.) and Grant M. Mason (Wrentham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child restraint includes a seat base configured to be secured to a vehicle seat and a juvenile seat configured to mount to the seat base and defining a child-receiving space adapted to hold and secure a child for transportation in a vehicle. The juvenile seat is pivotable relative to the seat base between various arrangements."

The patent was filed on May 9, ...