latch means includes an elongated rack 32 which clamps on bight 31 of frame 20 at one end and is provided with a plurality of teeth 33 along one side of its length which rack selectively moves through an aperture in one end of a link 34 the other end of link 34 is clamped on bight 27 of frame 26 as shown in fig1 and 2 it should be noted that latch means 30 may be alternately connected to extend between bight 27 of frame 26 and a bight 35 of frame 14 as shown in fig6 and still fall within the scope of this invention as shown in more detail in fig7 teeth 33 on rack 32 extend through an aperture 36 in a laterally extending arm 37 of link 34 a movable pawl 38 is mounted on link 34 to extend laterally through aperture 36 of arm 37 this pawl is spring biased into engagement with one of the teeth 33 on rack 32 and can be released from a given locking position with teeth 33 by finger pressure on knob 39 acting against the bias of spring 40 it will be noted that pawl 38 preferably has one or more teeth 41 in engagement with one or more teeth 33 on rack 32 pawl 38 does not interfere with folding or collapsing of the baby seat when.