Patent ID: 8070226

Claim:
A base assembly for an infant car seat, the base assembly comprising: a base section having a top side, a bottom side, a first end, an upright base panel on the first end, and first and second openings vertically spaced apart on the upright base panel; and a foot attached to the first end and slidable along the upright base panel in a direction generally normal to a plane of the bottom side between a first position and a second position, the foot having a foot body, a resilient, flexible leg extending up from the foot body, the flexible leg being exposed on an exterior of the base section and covering part of a front facing surface of the upright base panel and having a back side facing the upright base panel, a guide leg extending up from the foot body adjacent the flexible leg and positioned behind the upright base panel, and a tab protruding from the back side of the flexible leg and sized to selectively seat in each of the first and second openings, wherein the flexible leg biases the tab toward the upright base panel to seat in a selected one of the first and second openings when aligned with the selected opening, and wherein the flexible leg can be bent outward away from the upright base panel to permit sliding the foot to one of the first or second positions.