| US 7,455,308 B2 | ||
| Convertible riding toy | ||
| Frederick Michelau, Des Plaines, Ill. (US); Thomas Schlegel, Wheaton, Ill. (US); Mark Johnson, Cary, Ill. (US); and Mark Kurth, Chicago, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Radio Flyer Inc., Chicago, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 18, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/253,007. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/620216, filed on Oct. 18, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0082097 A1, Apr. 20, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B62K 9/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—282 [280/1.188] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A convertible riding toy that may be changed between a first configuration and a second configuration comprising:
a) a first frame tube having an open first frame tube end, and handlebars and a front wheel pivotally attached to the first
frame tube;
b) a second frame tube having a second frame tube end, and a pair of rear wheels attached to the second frame tube, said second
frame tube end positioned adjacent said first frame tube end;
c) a pivot shaft attached to and protruding from the second frame tube end;
d) said first frame tube receiving and engaging said pivot shaft in a rotatable fashion so that said first frame tube may
be rotated relative to the second frame tube so that the riding toy may be changed from the first configuration to the second
configuration and vice-versa;
e) a button tube attached to said pivot shaft in a generally perpendicular and fixed fashion and having opposing first and
second open ends,
f) first and second spring buttons positioned within the button tube; and
g) a compression spring positioned within the button tube between the first and second spring buttons so as to urge the first
and second spring buttons radially outwards and away from one another so that the first spring button extends out of the first
open end of the button tube and engages an opening in the first frame tube when the toy is in a first configuration and the
second spring button extends out of the second open end of the button tube and engages the opening in the first frame tube
when the toy is in a second configuration.
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