Patent ID: 9610867
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A47D,B60N

Claim:
1. An infant car seat, comprising: a seat shell of the infant car seat; a handle; and a handhold disposed at a lateral portion of the infant car seat, wherein a first end and a second end of the handle respectively attach to a first lateral side and a second lateral side of the infant car seat, wherein a first lateral edge of the infant car seat defines a first recess that extends into a portion of the infant car seat towards, at least in part, a central axis of the seat shell, wherein the first recess corresponds in position to the handhold, such that at least one of: (i) a user's arm and (ii) a user's hand is able to extend between the handle and the first recess to hold the handhold, wherein the handle comprises a first bowed portion that bows out laterally from flanking portions of the handle on each side of the first bowed portion, and wherein the first bowed portion is disposed at a base of the handle, next to a first pivot joint that connects the first end of the handle to the first lateral side of the infant car seat.