Patent ID: 8272920

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; a mechanical assembly including: a first mechanical member movably connected to the body and configured to move between a retracted extended position and an extended position; a second mechanical member visible from adjacent the front of the vehicle, at least partially engaged with the first mechanical member, movably connected to the body, and configured to move between a concealing position and a revealing position, wherein in the concealing position the second mechanical member conceals 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 revealing position the second mechanical member does not conceal 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 a biasing member configured to urge the second mechanical member toward the concealing position; and a 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 retracted position and the extended position; wherein the first mechanical member is configured to move the second mechanical member from the concealing position to the revealing position when the first mechanical member is moved from the retracted position to the extended position in response to user manipulation of the user input device; and wherein the biasing member is configured to move the second mechanical member from the revealing position to the concealing position when the first mechanical member is moved from the extended position to the retracted position in response to user manipulation of the user input device.