Patent ID: 8118313

Claim:
A riding apparatus for children, comprising: a main body ( 110 ) having an animal or character shape, the main body ( 110 ) being divided into two body parts manufactured through separated processes, the main body ( 110 ) being formed by coupling the two body parts to each other, with a handle ( 111 ) provided on an upper portion of a front end of the main body ( 110 ), and a footrest ( 115 ) provided on a lower end of a medial portion of the main body ( 110 ); a plurality of support plates ( 120 ) installed in the main body ( 110 ), the support plates ( 120 ) being placed upright at positions spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; an operating unit ( 300 ), comprising: a front rotary member ( 330 ) and a rear rotary member ( 340 ) respectively having interlocking shafts ( 213 ) and ( 223 ), the interlocking shafts ( 213 ) and ( 223 ) being respectively inserted into insert holes ( 121 ), ( 112 ) and ( 122 ), ( 113 ), which are formed at front and rear positions in the support plates ( 120 ) and the main body ( 110 ), so that the front rotary member ( 330 ) and the rear rotary member ( 340 ) are respectively provided at front and rear positions between the support plates ( 120 ) so as to be rotatable, with guide slots ( 333 ) and ( 343 ) respectively formed in central portions of the front rotary member ( 330 ) and the rear rotary member ( 340 ), so that stop protrusions ( 123 ), which are respectively provided at front and rear positions on an inner surface of one of the support plates ( 120 ), are inserted into the respective guide slots ( 333 ) and ( 343 ); a front spring ( 350 ) for applying an elastic force to the front rotary member ( 330 ) such that an upper end of the front rotary member ( 330 ) is biased forwards; a rear spring ( 351 ) for applying an elastic force to the rear rotary member ( 340 ) such that an upper end of the rear rotary member ( 340 ) is biased backwards; and a connection bar ( 310 ) coupled to the upper end of the front rotary member ( 330 ) and a lower end of the rear rotary member ( 340 ) using hinge shafts ( 320 ) and ( 321 ), respectively; and a pair of front legs ( 210 ) and a pair of rear legs ( 220 ) respectively having shaft holes ( 214 ) and ( 224 ) fitted over corresponding opposite ends of the interlocking shafts ( 213 ) and ( 223 ) which extend outside the main body ( 110 ) through the insert holes ( 112 ) and ( 113 ), with one-way wheel assemblies ( 211 ) and ( 221 ) respectively provided on lower ends of the front legs ( 210 ) and the rear legs ( 220 ), each of the one-way wheel assemblies ( 211 ) and ( 221 ) being rotatable only in a forward direction, the front legs ( 210 ) and the rear legs ( 220 ) being swung in directions away from each other and in directions approaching each other.