Patent ID: 7722068

Claim:
A children's ride-on vehicle comprising: a. a frame with a plurality of wheels rotatably connected thereto; b. a rail that is a portion of the frame and that has a plurality of seat adjustment holes, wherein the frame has a curved portion so that the rail is formed by a generally horizontal portion of the frame that is generally parallel to the portion of the frame to which the plurality of wheels are rotatably connected; c. a seat; d. a bracket attached to the seat and receiving said rail in a sliding fashion; e. a locking rod having a distal end removably received in one of the plurality of seat adjustment holes of the rail; and f. a locking mechanism attached to the seat and engaging the locking rod to selectively move the distal end of the locking rod into and out of the plurality of seat adjustment holes of the rail, wherein the locking mechanism includes: i) a housing having an open end; ii) a button received within the housing and connected to a proximal end of the locking rod, said button extending through the open end of the housing; iii) a compression spring positioned within the housing and engaging the button to urge it out of the housing so that the distal end of the locking rod is urged into engagement with one of the plurality of seat adjustment holes of the rail; and iv) said button retracting into the housing when pressed by a user to remove the distal end of the locking rod from engagement with one of the plurality of seat adjustment holes of the rail.