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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
May. 21, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Larry C Dick, Sugar Bush Knolls, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Little Tikes Company, Hudson, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301111 ; 301-25 ; 301122 ;
Abstract
A drive wheel assembly (10) for a toy vehicle includes an axle (11), a wheel (13) and a bushing (12) insertable into the hub (30) of the wheel (13). The hub (30) is provided with a generally axial aperture (32) communicating with a tapered aperture (34). The bushing (12) has a generally axial aperture (19) therein to receive the axle (11) therethrough. The bushing (12) also includes an expandable annular locking member (24) at the end thereof which, as the axle (11) is being inserted in the aperture (19), expands to engage the inner walls of the tapered aperture (34).