Patent ID: 7850233

Claim:
An infant carrier comprising: a shell formed to include a basin sized to hold an infant and a carry handle coupled to the shell, wherein the carry handle includes a first side arm coupled to a first side of the shell, a second side arm coupled to a second side of the shell, and a bridge rail arranged to interconnect the first and second side arms and lie above the basin, the first side arm includes an upper end appended to the bridge rail, a lower end coupled to the first side of the shell, and a contoured segment arranged to extend between the upper and lower ends, and the contoured segment including a lower section and an upper section arranged to lie between the lower section and the upper end, and wherein the lower section includes an outwardly facing concave surface arranged to extend along a length of the handle between the contoured segment and the lower end and further arranged to face away from an outer surface of one of the sides of the shell and configured to define hip means for mating with a hip region of a caregiver carrying the shell using the carry handle, and the upper section includes an inwardly facing concave surface configured to define elbow means for mating with an inner crook portion of an elbow of the caregiver carrying the shell by holding the carry handle in that inner crook portion so that the first side arm of the carry handle is trapped between the hip region and the inner crook portion of the elbow of the caregiver.