ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,256, issued on July 14, was assigned to MONAHAN PRODUCTS LLC (Rockland, Mass.).
"Shoulder strap retainer for car seat" was invented by Carl J. Sukeforth (Milton, Mass.), Eric Howard Perlman (Weymouth, Mass.), Trung Q. Phung (Milton, Mass.) and Stephen Alan Kender (Hingham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure an apparatus for retaining a shoulder strap in an infant car seat is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a shell configured to retain a shoulder strap on at least three sides including a first side, a second side, and a third side, the first and second sides being opposit...