Patent ID: 7967089

Claim:
A children's ride-on vehicle, comprising: a body having at least one seat sized for a child, wherein the body includes a window member selectively movable relative to the body; a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the body and including 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 battery-powered vehicle drive assembly adapted to selectively drive the rotation of the at least one driven wheel in response to inputs from a child sitting on the at least one seat; and a battery-powered window drive assembly adapted to selectively move the window member relative to the body, wherein the window drive assembly comprises: a window motor assembly comprising at least one electric motor having an output, a user input device positioned to receive inputs from a child sitting on the at least one seat and adapted to selectively actuate the window motor assembly, and a window linkage adapted to couple the output of the window motor assembly with the window member, wherein the window member includes at least a first receiving region adapted to couple the window linkage with the window member; wherein the first receiving region includes a slot configured to receive a portion of the window linkage; wherein the window linkage includes a belt having a protrusion configured to engage the slot and translate the window member relative to the body responsive to movement of the belt; wherein as the belt rotates, the protrusion sequentially engages a first side of the slot to move the window to a closed position and a second side of the slot to move the window to an open position.