US Patent Issued to GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS on Sept. 1 for "Child care equipment with seat" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,681, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS INC. (Atlanta).

"Child care equipment with seat" was invented by Yuji Shibata (Tokyo) and Tomoyuki Honda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment mechanism (3) comprising: a holder (30) attached to a back surface of a backrest portion; a reel (80) housed in the holder (30) and supported by the holder (30) so as to be rotatable in both forward and reverse directions; a cord (4) connecting a body and the backrest portion and configured to change the tilt angle of the backrest portion as the reel (80) winds up and lets out the cord; and a lock member (70) house...