Patent ID: 7422284

Claim:
An infant seat ( 10 ) formed with a fixed angle between a seat bottom ( 18 ) and a seat back ( 20 ) and with two generally perpendicularly extending side walls ( 22 ) joined to and extending between the seat bottom ( 18 ) and the seat back ( 20 ), comprising: a base segment ( 14 ) shaped as a ring, including parts of the seat bottom ( 18 ), seat back ( 20 ), and the two side walls ( 22 ), and with a larger access opening at an outer edge ( 26 ) of the ring and a smaller junction opening at an inner edge of the ring; a distinct junction segment ( 12 ) shaped as a concave structure with an exposed perimetrical edge ( 34 ) and forming the confluence of the seat bottom ( 18 ) the seat back ( 20 ) and the two side walls ( 22 ), with the exposed edge ( 34 ) of the junction segment ( 12 ) shaped to be mated with the inner edge of the ring of the base segment ( 14 ) at a junction line ( 23 ) to form a continuous basket shape.