ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,713, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG (Steinhausen, Switzerland).

"Baby carrier" was invented by Meifeng Fan (Guangdong, China) and Mingpeng Li (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baby carrier includes a carrying assembly and a support sheet. The carrying assembly includes a waist member and two shoulder straps. A front end of the waist member is connected with a lower portion of the support sheet. An upper portion of a front end of each shoulder strap is connected with an upper portion of the support sheet. A rear end of each shoulder strap is connected with a middle portion of the support sh...