Patent ID: 7905305

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 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 tread surface and an axis, wherein the wheel body is configured to rotate about the axis, wherein the tread surface extends circumferentially around the wheel body, includes ground-contacting regions, and has a first circumferential profile and a second circumferential profile, wherein the first circumferential profile is defined as the locus of points at which the radial distance from the axis to the tread surface is greatest at each position around the circumference of the tread surface, wherein the radial distance from the axis to the first circumferential profile changes from a first-circumferential-profile first-radius to a first-circumferential-profile second-radius at a plurality of spaced-apart positions along the first circumferential profile, wherein the first-circumferential-profile second-radius is larger than the first-circumferential-profile first-radius, wherein the radial distance from the axis to the second circumferential profile changes from a second-circumferential-profile first-radius to a second-circumferential-profile second-radius at a plurality of spaced-apart positions along the second circumferential profile, wherein the second-circumferential profile second-radius is larger than the second-circumferential-profile first-radius, and wherein the first-circumferential-profile first-radius is larger than the second-circumferential-profile first-radius; 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; and a drive assembly adapted to selectively drive the rotation of the at least one driven wheel.