Rockable infant seat/cradle

A rockable infant seat/cradle comprising:

• a body-receiving and supporting shell, said shell having an elongated bottom surface and opposed sidewalls, the lowermost edges of said sidewalls being curved along the length thereof to support said shell on an associated support surface while permitting rocking movement thereof relative to such surface;
• generally U-shaped handle means having elongated leg portions rotatably secured to opposite sides of said shell;
• gear means to effect manual rotation of said handle means to various positions relative to said shell, thereby to permit carrying said shell or to position said shell in rockable or various fixed positions relative to the underlying associated support surface;
• said gear means including a gear fixedly secured to the distal end of each leg portion of said handle, each said gear having a plurality of axially extending teeth;
• a gear-retaining ring affixed to the respective opposed sidewall of said shell, said retaining ring including a plurality of axially extending apertures therethrough, through which said gear teeth normally extend, thereby to lock said handle in a fixed position relative to said shell;
• and means for normally biasing the respective gears and the handle legs to which said gears are secured in an engaged position wherein the gear teeth extend through the gear ring apertures, the gears being axially displaceable relative to said gear-retaining rings to space the distal ends of said gear teeth axially of the gear ring apertures whereby the handle may be rotated about the axes thereof to permit selective rotatable movement of said handle means relative to said shell.