ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,853, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. (Foxboro, Mass.).
"Child restraint" was invented by Said S. Nakhla (Daphne, Ala.) and Paul Powers (Grafton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child restraint comprising an outer seat-support shell adapted to rest on a vehicle seat and to be secured to the vehicle seat for transportation in a vehicle and an inner juvenile seat coupled to the outer seat-support shell. The inner juvenile seat is configured to provide a child-receiving space sized to receive a child therein. The child restraint further includes a child restraint harness configured to secure the child ...