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A front infant carrier which includes a vest-like harness that is worn by the attendant, a detachable infant shell, and a sling. The detachable infant shell attaches to the harness at three attachment points, either in a forward-facing or rearward-facing orientation. In the rearward-facing position,

A front infant carrier which includes a vest-like harness that is worn by the attendant, a detachable infant shell, and a sling. The detachable infant shell attaches to the harness at three attachment points, either in a forward-facing or rearward-facing orientation. In the rearward-facing position, the shell attaches to the harness by a peg/button mounted at the crotch of the shell which snaps into a socket centrally mounted at the lower front of the harness, and by a pair of upper clips on the shell which engage rings on the upper front of the harness. The forward-facing attachment uses a second peg/button at the lower back portion of the shell, instead of the crotch peg/button, and attaches in a similar fashion, whereby the second peg/button snaps into the socket centrally mounted at the lower front of the harness, and the pair of upper clips on the shell engage the rings on the upper front of the harness. A sling may also be attached to the harness at three points, the sling having a third peg/button which mates with the socket centrally mounted at the lower front of the harness and has a pair of upper clips which engage the rings on the upper front of the harness. The sling may be attached so that the disengaged shell and carried infant may be rested sideways within the sling. The sling is reinforced with sewn-in battens to help provide support for the infant to rest in the sling alternatively without the shell.

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A carrier for facilitating carrying of a child by a person, comprising: a harness symmetrical about a central vertical axis and adapted to be worn by the person, comprising a side having an upper portion, a lower portion, a first shell connector, a second shell connector and a third shell connector,

A carrier for facilitating carrying of a child by a person, comprising: a harness symmetrical about a central vertical axis and adapted to be worn by the person, comprising a side having an upper portion, a lower portion, a first shell connector, a second shell connector and a third shell connector, said first and second shell connectors arranged laterally spaced on said upper portion and said third shell connector arranged below said first and second shell connectors and on said central axis; and a shell separate from said harness including a fourth shell connector, a fifth shell connector, a first selectable connector and a second selectable connector, wherein said shell is adaptable to form a configuration to hold the child said configuration having a first shell side substantially opposing a second shell side, said first selectable connector being disposed on said first shell side and said second selectable connector being disposed on said second shell side, wherein said shell in said configuration is selectively releasably attachable to said harness by attaching, said first selectable connector to said third connector, said first shell connector to said fourth shell connector, and said second shell connector to said fifth shell connector to position the child facing toward said side of said harness, or by attaching said second selectable connector to said third shell connector, said first shell connector to said fifth shell connector, and said shell second connector to said fourth shell connector to position the child facing away from said side of said harness.