US Patent Issued to Monahan Products on July 28 for "Foldable child enclosure" (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,698, issued on July 28, was assigned to Monahan Products LLC (Rockland, Mass.).

"Foldable child enclosure" was invented by Richard Juchniewicz (Pittsburgh), Michael Laude (Upton, Mass.) and Jared Rosenthal (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child enclosure including a hub member including a crank link, a substantially four bar linkage articulated link operably connected to the crank link, a push rod connected to the substantially four bar linkage articulated link so that linear movement of the crank link effects, through the substantially four bar linkage articulated link, a linear driving motion of the push rod, a side str...