Patent ID: 6039327
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: A63G,A63H,B62K

Abstract:
A ride-on vehicle for a pre-school child comprising:A. a generally rectangular rolling platform having attached thereto adjacent its four corners a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels; andB. a soft, four-legged simulated animal figure mounted on the platform, said figure having soft foreleg appendages which extend below the platform over the sides of the front wheels and soft rear leg appendages which extend below the platform over the sides of the rear wheels to effectively conceal the wheels whereby as a child who sits astride the figure propels the platform by pushing it with his feet engaging the ground thc child appears to be riding the animal, not the platform, said figure having a torso section to which the appendages are hinged and a neck section extending upwardly from the front of the torso section and joined to a head section.