ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,963, issued on July 14, was assigned to Monahan Products LLC (Rockland, Mass.).
"Infant care apparatus" was invented by Richard Juchniewicz (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infant care apparatus includes a base. A drive mechanism and a vibratory mechanism are coupled to the base. A movable stage is movably mounted to the base. An infant support is coupled to the movable stage. The drive mechanism imparts a first cyclic motion to the movable stage, and imparts a second cyclic motion to at least part of the movable stage independent of the first cyclic motion and to the vibratory mechanism so that the vibration motor vibra...