Patent ID: 8714639

Claim:
An infant carrier comprising: a seat bucket formed to include a seat channel adapted to support a child seated on the infant carrier, a carrier handle including a forward surface and an opposite rearward surface spaced apart from the forward surface, the carrier handle being coupled to the seat bucket to move about a handle axis between a storage position in which the carrier handle extends along the seat bucket and the forward surface faces in an upward direction and a carry position in which the carrier handle extends in the upward direction away from the seat bucket and the forward surface faces in a forward direction, and a handle lock having a first end and a second end, the handle lock coupled to the carrier handle to move relative to the carrier handle between a locked position in which the handle lock blocks movement of the carrier handle relative to the seat bucket and an unlocked position in which the carrier handle is free to move relative to the seat bucket, wherein the handle lock includes an input surface that extends between the first and second ends of the handle lock, the input surface configured to provide means for receiving an input force from a user to cause the handle lock to move from the locked position to the unlocked position while arranging the first and second ends of the input surface to lie in collinear relation with the forward surface of the carrier handle when the handle lock is in the locked position so that the carrier handle has an appearance of having a continuous forward surface.