Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pinch-resistant hitch assembly and children's ride-on vehicle assemblies including the same
- Patent Title (中): 夹紧搭接组件和儿童骑行车组件包括相同
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Application No.: US10966940Application Date: 2004-10-15
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Publication No.: US07195271B2Publication Date: 2007-03-27
- Inventor: William R. Howell , Gary G. Lenihan
- Applicant: William R. Howell , Gary G. Lenihan
- Applicant Address: US CA El Segundo
- Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA El Segundo
- Agency: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.
- Main IPC: B60D1/00
- IPC: B60D1/00

Abstract:
Children's ride-on vehicle assemblies that include a leading vehicle, a trailing vehicle, and a connection apparatus, such as a hitch assembly, that selectively interconnects the leading and trailing vehicles. At least the leading vehicle includes a drive assembly adapted to propel the vehicle along a ground surface. In some embodiments, at least the leading vehicle is a battery-powered ride-on vehicle. The hitch assembly is adapted to interconnect the leading and trailing vehicles and to provide a limited range of pivoting of the vehicles relative to each other. In some embodiments, the hitch assembly includes a pinch-relief mechanism that is adapted to provide at least a predetermined clearance between the vehicles. In some embodiments, the hitch assembly is adapted to provide limited pivotal ranges in at least two planes. In some embodiments, the hitch assembly is adapted to selectively uncouple and recouple the vehicles from and to each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060038380A1 Pinch-resistant hitch assembly and children's ride-on vehicle assemblies including the same Public/Granted day:2006-02-23
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