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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Jeffrey M. Ford, Providence, RI (US);
Craig J. McElhaney, Cumberland, RI (US);
Lee Spielberger, Warwick, RI (US);
Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US);
Abstract
An improved toy assembly is adapted to be alternatively used as a foot-to-floor ride-on vehicle, or as a walker. The convertible walker/rider toy includes a chassis which is supported on a plurality of wheels, and a body that is pivotally attached to the front end of the chassis. The body includes a contoured upper surface that functions as a seat when the toy is assembled in the rider configuration. The toy further includes an L-shaped handlebar having a rider portion and a walker portion which are joined at approximately a 90° angle. The walker portion of the handlebar is pivotally attached to the rear end of the body and is pivotally movable relative to the body. When the toy is in the rider configuration, the body overlies the chassis, the walker portion of the handlebar is received beneath the body and the rider portion of the handlebar projects upwardly through the opening in the front end of the body. To reconfigure the toy into the walker mode, the rear end of the body is lifted upwardly, and the handlebar is pivoted rearwardly so that the rider handlebar portion is retracted through the opening in the body. A latching assembly is alternately engageable with the body and the handlebar for releasably securing the toy in the rider and walker configurations, respectively.