Side carry handles for child carrier

A child restraint comprising

• an infant excursion seat including
• a seating bucket formed to include an interior child-carrying space, the seating bucket including a foot end, an opposite head end, a first side wall extending between the foot and head ends, and a second side wall extending between the foot and head ends and lying in spaced-apart relation to the first side wall to locate the interior child-carrying space therebetween, and
• a bucket carrier including a first side carry handle associated with the first side wall of the seating bucket and a second side carry handle associated with the second side wall of the seating bucket,
• the first side carry handle comprising
• a first hand grip arranged to be gripped and moved relative to the seating bucket by a person carrying the seating bucket from a lowered storage position located in close proximity to the foot end of the seating bucket to a raised bucket-carrying position located above a mid-section of the first side wall and between the foot and head ends of the seating bucket, the first hand grip including an upper end facing toward the head end of the seating bucket and a lower end facing toward the foot end of the seating bucket,
• a head-end grip tether arranged to interconnect the upper end of the first hand grip and the head end of the seating bucket, and
• a foot-end grip tether including a movable strap segment having an anchored outer end coupled to the lower end of the first hand grip and passing through the tether-receiving aperture formed in the seating bucket, the foot-end handle tether further including extensible means coupled to the movable strap segment and to the seating bucket for yieldably and automatically pulling the movable strap segment through the tether-receiving aperture formed in the seating bucket to move the first hand grip from the raised bucket-carrying position toward the foot end of the seating bucket to reach the lowered storage position alongside the foot end of the seating bucket without pulling the extensible means through the tether-receiving aperture formed in the seating bucket in response to release of the first hand grip by a person transporting the seating bucket by holding the first hand grip in the raised bucket-carrying position so that the first hand grip normally remains in the lowered storage position until a caregiver moves the first hand grip upwardly relative to the seating bucket toward the raised bucket-carrying position.

A child restraint comprising

• an infant excursion seat including
• a seating bucket formed to include an interior child-carrying space, the seating bucket including a foot end, an opposite head end, a first side wall extending between the foot and head ends, and a second side wall extending between the foot and head ends and lying in spaced-apart relation to the first side wall to locate the interior child-carrying space therebetween, and
• a bucket carrier including a first side carry handle associated with the first side wall of the seating bucket and a second side carry handle associated with the second side wall of the seating bucket,
• the first side carry handle comprising
• a first grip handle arranged to be gripped and moved relative to the seating bucket by a person carrying the seating bucket from a lowered storage position located in close proximity to the foot end of the seating bucket to a raised bucket-carrying position located above a mid-section of the first side wall and between the foot and head ends of the seating bucket, the first hand grip including an upper end facing toward the head end of the seating bucket and a lower end facing toward the foot end of the seating bucket,
• a head-end grip tether arranged to interconnect the upper end of the first hand grip and the head end of the seating bucket, and
• an extensible foot-end grip tether arranged to interconnect the lower end of the first hand grip and the foot end of the seating bucket and arranged extend through a tether-receiving aperture formed in the seating bucket for sliding movement therein during a mode change of the extensible foot-end grip tether between a normal contracted mode in which the extensible foot-end grip tether is shortened to a first effective length to retain the first hand grip in the lowered storage position in close proximity to the foot end of the seating bucket in the absence of an application of an upward tugging force to the first hand grip sufficient to pull the first hand grip relative to the seating bucket in a direction away from the lowered storage position and a temporary extended mode in which the effective length of the extensible foot-end grip tether is lengthened to a relatively longer second length in response to application of an upward tugging force to the first hand grip that is sufficient to move a portion of the extensible foot-end grip tether through the tether-receiving aperture formed in the seating bucket to cause the first hand grip to move from the lowered storage position relative to the seating bucket in a direction away from the seating bucket to assume the raised bucket-carrying position.