Patent ID: 7988524

Claim:
A children's ride-on vehicle, comprising: a body including at least one seat sized for a child; a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the body, the plurality of wheels including at least one driven wheel; a battery-powered drive assembly configured to selectively drive the rotation of the at least one driven wheel; a mechanical assembly including: a first mechanical member movably connected to the body and configured to move among a plurality of positions, wherein the plurality of positions of the first mechanical member includes a first position and a second position; and a second mechanical member visible from adjacent the front of the vehicle, movably connected to the body, and configured to move among a plurality of positions, wherein the plurality of positions of the second mechanical member includes a third position and a fourth position, wherein in the third position, the second mechanical member hides a portion of the first mechanical member so that the portion of the first mechanical member is not visible from adjacent the front of the vehicle, and wherein in the fourth position, the second mechanical member does not hide the portion of the first mechanical member so that the portion of the first mechanical member is visible from adjacent the front of the vehicle; and at least one user input device positioned to receive inputs from a child sitting on the at least one seat, and configured to selectively move the first mechanical member between the first and second positions, wherein when the first mechanical member is moved from the first position to the second position, the second mechanical member moves from the third position to the fourth position; wherein the mechanical assembly further includes a retractable mechanical member movably connected to the first mechanical member and configured to move between a retracted position in which the retractable mechanical member is adjacent the first mechanical member, and an extended position in which the retractable mechanical member is spaced from the first mechanical member relative to the retracted position.