Infant carrier

An infant carrier comprising

• a carrier shell formed to include an interior region sized to support an infant and a top rim arranged to surround the interior region and having a laterally extending and upwardly facing top surface and
• a carry handle mounted on the carrier shell for pivotable movement about a handle-pivot axis between and extended child-carrying position and a retracted handle-storage position,
• wherein the carrier shell is formed to include a first perimeter alcove formed in the top rim and that receives at least a portion of a first end of the carry handle and a second perimeter alcove formed in the top rim and that receives at least a portion of an opposite second end of the carry handle so that the handle ends are inset in the top rim,
• wherein the carry handle further includes a U-shaped bail coupled to each of the first and second ends to rotate therewith about the handle-pivot axis to cause each of the first or second pivot hubs to remain in its companion perimeter alcove when the carry handle occupies the extended child-carrying position without projecting laterally outwardly from companion outwardly facing first and second exterior side walls,
• wherein the first pivot hub and the second pivot hub each include a stationary handle mount coupled to the laterally extending and upwardly facing surface of the top rim in a fixed position relative to the top rim and arranged to extend upwardly away from the laterally extending and upwardly facing top surface to lie outside the first perimeter alcove and the second perimeter alcove, and
• wherein the handle-pivot axis is located entirely above the laterally extending and upwardly facing surface of the top rim.