Soft infant carrier

Abstract

An infant carrier comprising a fabric support for the lower portion of a child. The support has an interior component and an exterior component. The support has a closed lower end with leg holes and an open upper end. The support further has vertical openings along the lateral side thereof extending between the upper edges of the leg holes and the open upper end with associated separable fasteners to selectively open and close the vertical openings. A pair of laterally disposed fasteners are provided on the exterior component of the carrier. Each fastener extends from a lower position adjacent to an upper edge of an associated leg hole to a location at the upper opening. A pair of shoulder straps have exterior ends and interior ends secured to the rear face of the support. The straps extend upwardly and outwardly from the carrier and are positionable over the shoulders of a child care provider with an inverted essentially trapezoidal-shaped yoke which has an upper wide end secured to the exterior ends of the straps and with a lower narrow end having a fastener with an associated backstrap secured at its free ends to the rear portion of the carrier and a short strap coupled at its lower end to a central extent of the horizontal strap and with its upper end threadedly received in the bracket on the yoke.