US 10,479,433 B2Granted

Four wheel drive

AssigneeMinjal Inc.

InventorsMasako Kogure, Kapil Gupta

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Abstract

A ride on toy vehicle comprising a vehicle body. The body having an upper surface that is molded in shape of a seat including a saddle having a laterally widened rear end portion and narrow front end portion. The upper surface of the body configured to vertically receive a detachable handle where the handle is projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the body when mounted in the upper surface of the body. The detachable handle is configured to form a grip for the rider. The body of the vehicle having a bottom surface configured to protrude outwardly from the body at each horizontal end of the bottom surface to act as a safety bumper. The bottom surface has independent holes at each of its four corners. A wheel assembly independently inserted in each independent hole at the bottom surface.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A toy vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a vehicle body, comprising:
an upper surface molded in a shape of a seat comprising a saddle having a laterally widened rear end portion and a narrow front end portion, the upper surface of the body configured to vertically receive a detachable handle projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the body when mounted in the upper surface of the body and configured to form a grip for a rider;
and
a bottom surface having four corners and defining a hole at each of the four corners of the bottom surface;
and
four wheel assemblies, each of the four wheel assemblies inserted in a respective one of the holes defined by the bottom surface at each of the four corners of the bottom surface, each of the four wheel assemblies comprising:
a rotatable wheel wholly covered by a core circumferentially;
two discs each covering a complete inner radius of the wheel of each side of the wheel;
a cover to receive the rotatable wheel while radially covering half of the wheel;
a bush assembly to receive the cover of the wheel;
the cover comprising of a member protruding upwardly from the cover, the member receiving an upper part of the bush assembly placed on upper portion of the wheel, the bush assembly including two mounts to enable the wheel assembly to be rotatably fitted in one of the holes at the four corners of the bottom surface of the toy vehicle;
a circumference of a first cylindrical end of a first mounting means having an identical circumference of the cover;
a second cylindrical end of the first mounting means circumferentially receiving the first cylindrical end of a second mounting means;
one second cylindrical end of the second mounting means being covered with a circular cap after the wheel assembly is received at corner of the bottom surface of the toy vehicle;
and
a means to independently fasten each wheel assembly on the four corners of the bottom surface.

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A toy vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a vehicle body, comprising;
an upper surface of the body molded in a shape of a seat comprising a saddle having a laterally widened rear end portion and narrow front end portion, the upper surface of the body configured to vertically receive a detachable handle projecting upwardly from the upper surface of the body when mounted in the upper surface of the body, and configured to form a grip for a rider;
a bottom surface configured to protrude outwardly from the body at each horizontal end of the bottom surface to act as a safety bumper, and defining holes at each of four corners of the bottom surface;
four wheel assemblies, each wheel assembly inserted in one of the holes defined at the four corners at the bottom surface, each of the four wheel assemblies, comprising:
a rotatable wheel wholly covered by a core circumferentially;
two discs each covering a complete inner radius of the wheel of each side of the wheel;
a cover to receive the rotatable wheel while radially covering half of the wheel;
a bush assembly to receive the cover of the wheel, the cover comprising a member protruding upwardly from the cover, the member receiving an upper part of the bush assembly placed on upper portion of the wheel, the bush assembly including a first mounting assembly and a second mounting assembly each configured to enable the wheel assembly to be rotatably fitted in the holes at four corners of the bottom surface of the body;
a first cylindrical end of the first mounting assembly having a circumference substantially equal to a circumference of the cover;
a second cylindrical end of the first mounting assembly circumferentially receiving a first cylindrical end of the second mounting assembly;
one second cylindrical end of the second mounting assembly covered with a circular cap after the wheel assembly is received at corner of the bottom surface of the toy vehicle;
and
a plurality of fasteners configured to fasten each wheel assembly at four corners of the bottom surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.