ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,930, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Graco Children's Products Inc. (Atlanta).
"Child restraint system including internal side impact surfaces" was invented by Phillip Michael Laplante (Cumming, Ga.), Adam Andrew McKenzie (Decatur, Ga.) and Thomas Jake Mitchell (Smyrna, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child restraint system is provided. The child restraint system includes a seat, a headrest, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a plurality of internal side impact surfaces including at least a first internal side impact surface that is provide at the first sidewall and a second internal side impact surface that is provided...