Patent ID: 7513324

Claim:
A children's ride-on vehicle, comprising: a body having at least one seat sized for a child; a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the body, wherein the plurality of wheels includes at least one steerable wheel and at least one driven wheel; a steering assembly comprising a steering mechanism adapted to receive steering inputs from a child sitting on the at least one seat, and a steering linkage adapted to convey the steering inputs to the at least one steerable wheel; a drive assembly adapted to selectively drive the rotation of the at least one driven wheel, wherein the drive assembly comprises: a motor assembly comprising at least one electric motor, at least one user input device positioned to receive inputs from a child sitting on the at least one seat and adapted to actuate the motor assembly, and a battery assembly adapted to selectively energize the motor assembly and including at least one battery; and a charge indicator assembly in communication with the drive assembly and adapted to selectively receive an input voltage from the battery assembly, the charge indicator assembly comprising: an electronic circuit adapted to assess an input voltage to the circuit, and an indicator adapted to provide an output representative of the input voltage, the indicator including a visual display disposed on the body in a location visible to the child sifting in the at least one seat.