Infant carrier and harness combination

An improved infant carrier to be adapted to be attached by a harness to a person comprising:

• a soft body member having a back section for supporting the back of an infant, and spaced apart side sections for supporting the sides of an infant, the back and side sections having lower ends;
• an open-ended pocket on the back section;
• a back and head support panel slidable into the pocket for stiffening the back section for most uses of the infant carrier, and withdrawing completely from the pocket to allow placing a car seat restraint belt on the infant when the infant carrier is mounted in a car;
• a seat portion connected to the lower end of the back section;
• a front panel connected to the seat portion;
• releasable connecting means on the front panel and side sections for releasably connecting the front panel and seat portion to the side sections to form a pouch defining leg openings through which the legs of an infant can extend;
• and
• a safety band extending from one side section to the other side section, and further having end portions thereof secured to the lower ends of the side sections for connecting the lower end of one side section to the lower end of the other side section.

An improved harness separate from but releasably securable to an infant carrier comprising:

• a pair of shoulder straps mountable on the shoulders of a person;
• a pair of shoulder pads, one slidably mounted on each of the shoulder straps;
• connecting means on each of the shoulder straps for releasably securing the straps in spaced apart relation to the infant carrier for supporting an infant in a position facing the straps;
• and
• bib attachment means mounted on each of the shoulder pads and completely unconnected from the carrier for releasably securing a free hanging bib therebetween in a position opposite the face of an infant in the carrier when the carrier containing the infant is secured to the harness.