Car Seat with Convertible Bottom

A car seat configured to rest on a vehicle seat and to support a child, the car seat comprising:

• a shell having a front side, a rear side, a seat back end, and a seat bottom end;
• a seating surface on the front side having a seat back portion and a seat bottom portion;
• a first contact surface on a part of the car seat facing generally opposite the seat bottom portion;
• and
• an adapter body carried on the car seat and defining a second contact surface, the adapter body movable between a stowed position in which the first contact surface is exposed and positioned to rest on the vehicle seat with the seat bottom portion at a first seat incline and a deployed position in which the adapter body covers the first contact surface and the second contact surface is exposed and positioned to rest on the vehicle seat with the seat bottom portion at a second seat incline different than the first seat incline.

A car seat comprising:

• a shell having a front side, a rear side, a seat back end, and a seat bottom end;
• a seating surface on the front side having a seat bottom portion and a seat back portion;
• and
• means for supporting the car seat on a vehicle seat with the seating surface at a first seat incline,
• wherein the supporting means is reconfigurable to support the car seat on the vehicle seat with the seating surface at a second seat incline different than the first seat incline.