Patent ID: 8348285

Claim:
A children's ride-on vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body having at least one seat sized for a child; and a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the vehicle body, wherein the plurality of wheels includes at least one driven wheel and at least one steerable wheel, wherein at least one of the plurality of wheels is a blow-molded wheel that comprises: a blow-molded wheel body having a diameter, an outer surface, first and second sidewalls, a central circumference, and an axis, wherein the blow-molded wheel body is configured to rotate about the axis, wherein the outer surface and the central circumference extend circumferentially around the blow-molded wheel body and between the first and second sidewalls, and wherein the central circumference is equidistant from the first and second sidewalls; a first region of the outer surface, wherein the first region is disposed between the first sidewall and the central circumference of the blow-molded wheel body; a second region of the outer surface, wherein the second region is disposed between the second sidewall and the central circumference of the blow-molded wheel body; a recessed region between the first region and the second region, wherein the first region and the second region are directly adjacent to the recessed region, and wherein a first radial distance from the axis to the first region and a second radial distance from the axis to the second region both exceed a third radial distance from the axis to the recessed region by at least the larger of ⅛ inch and 0.1% of the diameter; a third region of the outer surface, wherein the third region is disposed between the first sidewall and the first region; and a fourth region of the outer surface, wherein the fourth region is disposed between the second sidewall and the second region; wherein the third region and the fourth region include a plurality of tread blocks on the outer surface, wherein the plurality of tread blocks are separated and spaced apart from each other on the outer surface.