Patent ID: 7422524

Claim:
A motion apparatus for use with an infant carrier, the apparatus comprising: (a) a support structure; (b) a frame attached to said support structure, said frame being sized and shaped for receiving an infant carrier; (c) a fastening mechanism in physical communication with said frame; and (d) a drive assembly in physical communication with at least one of said support structure and said frame, wherein, in use, said fastening mechanism secures said infant carrier to said frame and, upon activation, said drive assembly causes motion of said frame, wherein said infant carrier comprises an infant car seat which includes a transportable base having a latching mechanism for releasably engaging a complementary locking component on a fixed car seat base, wherein said frame comprises a locking component complementary to said latching mechanism, and wherein said latching mechanism comprises a transverse slot formed on said transportable base, and catch extending across the transverse slot for releasably engaging a complementary locking component on the fixed car seat base, and wherein said frame comprises a pair of elongate, generally parallel side sections and a pair of elongate, generally parallel crossbar members that transversely interconnect said side sections; one of said crossbar members being received by the transverse slot and releasably interengaged with the latching mechanism in the transportable base of the car seat and the other crossbar member being interengagable by the transportable base to mount the car seat on said frame.