ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,656, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Mamas & Papas (Holdings) Ltd. (Huddersfield, Great Britain).

"Rocker/bouncer for a child" was invented by Nick Goodwill (Huddersfield, Great Britain) and Peter Smith (Huddersfield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rocker/bouncer for a child is provided. The rocker/bouncer includes a base, the base includes one or more rails on which the rocker/bouncer can rock when the base on placed on a ground surface; a seat for the child, the seat is coupled to the base by a resilient member, e.g. to permit bouncing of the seat relative to the base; and an adjustment member movably coupled t...