Patent ID: 9022456
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A63H,E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A children's ride-on vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body including a base member; a child-sized seat that is sized and configured to accommodate at least one child driver of the children's ride-on vehicle; a plurality of wheels operatively coupled to the vehicle body and including a steerable wheel; a steering assembly operatively coupled to the steerable wheel; and a hinged assembly, comprising: wherein the base member and the hinged member collectively define a hinge; wherein the hinged member is selectively pivotal relative to the base member in a range of positions that include a closed position, in which the distal end region is adjacent to the base member, and an open position, in which the distal end region is spaced farther away from the base member than when the hinged member is in the closed position; wherein the hinge is configured so that if a child's finger is placed between the hinged member and the base member when the hinged member is being moved in a closing direction from the open position toward the closed position by a closing force, the proximal end region of the hinged member will decouple from the base member if the closing force creates a closing torque that is greater than or equal to a release torque; and wherein the hinge is configured so that if an opening force is applied against the hinged member in an opening direction away from the closed position when the hinged member is in the open position to create an opening torque, the proximal end region of the hinged member will not decouple from the base member when the opening torque is less than or equal to a maximum opening torque that is greater than the release torque.