Patent ID: 7188897

Claim:
An infant carrier, comprising: a carrier shell including a first set of shoulder strap slots, a second set of corresponding shoulder strap slots laterally spaced from the first set of shoulder strap slots, and first and second lap strap slots; and a harness system connected to the carrier shell and reconfigurable between a first configuration for a smaller child and a second configuration for a larger child, the harness system including a first strap threaded through a selected one of the shoulder strap slots and through the first lap strap slot; a second strap threaded through a selected one of the corresponding shoulder strap slots and through the second lap strap slot, wherein each of the first and second straps includes a shoulder strap end having first and second looped portions and a lap strap end having first and second looped portions, a junction clip to couple the first and second straps together, the junction clip either received in the first looped portions of the first and second shoulder strap ends in the first configuration, or the junction clip received in the second looped portions of the first and second shoulder strap ends in the second configuration, a first lap strap clip either received in the first looped portion of the first lap strap in the first configuration or received in the second looped portion of the first lap strap in the second configuration, and a second lap strap clip either received in the first looped portion of the second lap strap in the first configuration or received in the second looped portion of the second lap strap in the second configuration.